portant Bauhaus and Modernist architects in the country. He was born in a small town in Silesia and grew up in the city of Bielsko-Biala in the German-speaking region of Poland. Throughout his 63-year career Weinraub was responsible for the planning and construction of numerous projects in Haifa and the north.
In 2012 the Munio Gitai-Weinraub Architecture Museum opened in Haifa, established by his son, Amos Gitai. The museum houses Gitai-Weinraub’s private archives and a reconstruction of the studio where he worked.
Book cover: Richard Ingersoll, Munio Gitai Weinraub: Bauhaus Architect in the Land of Israel. Translated from English by Dafna Raz.
The English edition of the book was published following the exhibition “Munio Gitai: Building for a Working Society,” Israel Museum, Jerusalem, May 1994. An additional edition was published on the occasion of the exhibition “Munio Weinraub and Amos Gitai: Architecture and Cinema,” Tel Aviv Museum of Art, May 2009.
Spiral staircase in the administration and library building at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
Throughout his 63-year career Weinraub was responsible for the planning and construction of numerous projects in Haifa and the north.
In addition to thousands of housing units, workers’ housing and private homes he also took part in planning notable public buildings that played an important role in establishing a national culture, including preliminary planning of the Hebrew University campus at Givat Ram, a construction plan for Jerusalem’s government offices district and the Yad Vashem Museum.
Milestones in the life of Munio Gitai Weinraub
Munio Gitai-Weinraub was among the most important Bauhaus and Modernist architects in the country. He was born in a small town in Silesia and grew up in the city of Bielsko-Biala in the German-speaking region of Poland.
Throughout his 63-year career Weinraub was responsible for the planning and construction of numerous projects in Haifa and the north. In addition to thousands of housing units, workers’ housing and private homes he also took part in planning notable public buildings that played an important role in establishing a national culture.
In 2012 the Munio Gitai-Weinraub Architecture Museum opened in Haifa, established by his son, Amos Gitai.
