About:

Ada Karmi-Melamede, principal of Ada Karmi-Melamede Architects in Tel Aviv, studied at the
Architectural Association in London and in Tel Aviv in Israel from 1956-1962. She has designed
a number of buildings in Israel including the life sciences buildings at Ben Gurion University of
the Negev. She has taught at several universities in the United States including Columbia and Yale.

Books:

Karmi-Melamede, Ada. Ada Karmi-Melamedek, architect :  life sciences buildings, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev /
Birkhauser Publishers for Architecture, 2003.  LG341 .B4 K37 2003.
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Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Articles:  (Selected from 1993 to 1999)

"Form follows metaphors: a critical discourse analysis of the construction of the Israeli Supreme Court building in Jerusalem."
Jacobi, Haim., Journal of architecture, vol.9, no.2, pp.219-239, Summer 2004.  (Inter-Libray Loan).

"Israel Antiquities Authority Center: competition [Jerusalem]" Ben-Aharon, Rachel., Architecture of Israel: AI, no.52, pp.[12]-21,
Winter 2003. (Inter-Library Loan)

"On the abys [sic] of Babi-Yar: Jewish Heritage and Community Center, Kiev." Mazor, Hillit., Architecture of Isreal: AI, no.50,
pp.2-11, Summer 2002
                       Note; Fist prize: Plesner Firm.

"Ada Karmi-Melamede, Ram Karmi: Corte suprema, Gerusalemme = The Supreme Court, Jerusalem."  Safran, Emmanuel.,
Domus, no.813, pp.16-23, Mar 1999.

"Ada Karmi-Melamede and Ram Karmi: Supreme Court of Jerusalem. House in North Tel Aviv (Ada Karmi-Melamede)." Melhuish,
Clare., Architectural design, vol.66, no.11-12, pp.[34]-39, Nov 1996.

"Ram Karmi & Ada Karmi-Melamede [Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem]"  Rus, Mayer., Interior design, vol.64, no.12, pp.[68-73], Dec 1993.

"The job of a lifetime [Israel's Supreme Court building]." Freiman, Ziva.; Karmi, Ram, [1931-]; Karmi-Melamede, Ada.; Gruber, David.,
Progressive architecture, vol.74, no.4, pp.[66]-83, Apr 1993.
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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Web Sites:

Architecture Week issue featuring her design of the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem.
www.architectureweek.com/2002/0410/design_3-2.html

Washington University in St. Louis. Press Release.
www.arch.wustl.edu/news_detail.lasso?id=81

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Judy Connorton
February  2005