The Spiral House ( he, בית הספירלה, Beit HaSpirala) is an apartment complex in
Ramat Gan, Israel, designed by the architect
Zvi Hecker.
The complex has a form of an upward spiral; it was built by Jaakov Hai and designed by the architect Zvi Hecker in collaboration with Gil Bernstein, Shmuel Groberman and Rina Hering. The owner is Ezra Mualem. The house "deploys the principle of terracing typical of Arab villages where the roof is used as part of the living space for the apartments".
Construction took place from 1984 to 1990. Hecker himself lived in the Dubiner house which is opposite the Spiral House. During the construction, he therefore kept an explicit control and during changed the design several times during construction. The building was built in concrete, "with a facade of plaster, pink glass and stone fragments and corrugated tin."
Hecker described the building as "miniature Tower of Babel"; Shmuel Grobstein, who participated in the design, said that it "looks like a storm passed through Ramat Gan, picking up all the wrecks from the roofs and yards, and created the spiral in one swoop."
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Hecker won the ]Rechter Prize
The Rechter Prize is an Israeli architecture prize awarded bi-annually and intended to "encourage landmark projects of Israeli architecture". It was established in 1962 and name in honour of Ze'ev Rechter.
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Israeli awards
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for architecture in 1999 for the Spiral House.[
Hecker daughter, Ella Zimmerman, lives in the Spiral House with her family.]
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Spiral Apartment House
The Sketches of Zvi Hecker
Zvi Hecker buildings
Buildings and structures in Ramat Gan