If architecture is a language
a building is a story
Eliezer Armon
Every building I plan has one focal space containing the whole story. That is where I focus all the power, like a martial artist who assembles and shrinks all the bones of the body into one single spot.
Architect Eli Armon has served as chief city engineer for the Emanuel Regional Council and for the City of Beer Sheva. Since 1993, he has been at the helm of Armon Architects and Town Planners, Ltd., which incorporates the full range of architectural planning, starting with furniture design, to interior design, to structure planning, up to and encompassing urban planning.
His multidisciplinary personality transcends conventional professional perceptions, viewing architectural planning as the incarnation of ideas, existential insights and life cycles that materialize as one seamless, multifaceted creation.
His work is the craft of the inquisitive researcher, deriving from Jewish holy and literary sources, the Hebrew language, Jewish tradition, Kabbalah, the Land of Israel and its landscapes, world cultures, and the universality of the martial arts with all their meaning.
His works are fueled by endless propelling toward the root and origin of the creation. His perspective is interwoven with the cognitive correlation between military leadership and architecture. The saying “architect of victory” is not just by chance.
Armon Architects and Town Planners operates on a wide national spread, simultaneously planning and managing dozens of projects from Ma’alot-Tarshiha in the north to Eilat in the south.
Armon, born in Tel Aviv, pupil of Ken Borochov Working and Studying Youth Movement, Practical Electronics Engineer, graduate of ORT Yad Singalovski Vocational School, Lieutenant Colonel (reserves), graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, holding a 7th Dan Belt of the Dennis Survival jiu-jitsu method.
Train Stations and Mass Transportation Systems
Educational, Cultural and Recreational Buildings
Office Staff
Architect Benny Savadosh
Architect Assaf Armon
Architect Michael Yaniv
Tova Aston
Architect Andrei Bluosov
Engineer Tania Begelman
Architect Nina Kopilevich
Practical Engineer Gilad Naftaliyahu
Practical Engineer Alex Fyodorov
Architect Olga Maron
Architect Bat-El Maimon-Cohen
Practical Engineer Hani Katz
Practical Engineer Mor Nagar
Practical Amit Bunker
Avital Shelly
Rafi Ben Mocha
General
Established in 1993, owned and operated by Eliezer Armon.
Areas of Activity
- Building planning
- Urban construction
- Interior design
- Program preparation
- Model Preparation
- Simulations and Animations
Company Team
- 10 Architects
- 1 Civil Engineer
- 2 Architectural Practical Engineers
- 1 Geographer
- 2 Simulation and Animation editors
- Director of Finance
- Secretary
Equipment
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- Urban Zoning units
- 3D STUDIO MAX
- Maya
Urban Zoning Department
- To date 40 building plans have been approved with a total building scope of 9,875,434 sqm. and in an overall area of 6,568 Acres.
- 30 building programs are currently in planning and approval stages with a total scope of 8,632,829 sqm. and in an overall area of 3682 acres.
Architecture Department
- To date buildings have been constructed and populated in a total scope of 196,233 sqm.
- An approximate building scope of 151,034 sqm. is currently in various stages of planning and execution.
Simulation Department
- Ongoing simulations for all projects, as demonstrations for clients.
- Preparation of 3D simulations of residential neighborhoods for project marketing needs.
National Tenders
- Planning and Planning Management Services provider for the Israeli Land Authority.
- Planning and Planning Management Services provider for the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing.
- Detailed preliminary/statutory planning services and supervision of passenger stations and train compounds for Israel Railways.
- Overall Construction Planning Services Provider for the Ministry of Defense.
Program Writing
- Updating passenger station programs for Israel Railways.
- ״Derech Erech”, the Center for Imparting Officers Heritage, in cooperation with Esther Levinson.
- ICL laboratories structure planning
- ICL Company office structure planning
Environmental Construction
- Makhlef House, The first renovated environmental structure in the Negev.
- Assimilation of environmental construction principles in train station planning.
Company Profile
Company Profile Summary
Authorized Vendor
- Israel Lands Authority
- Ministry of Defense
- National Roads Authority
- Netivei Israel (National Roads Company of Israel)
- Ministry of Construction and Housing
- Israel Railways
- The National Lottery of israel
- The Israel Prison Service
- Ministry of Finance
Competitions
- Participation in the National Library Competition
- Participation in the International WAF & INSIDE 2014 Competition in Singapore
- Participation in the Air Force Museum Competition
- Participation in the Bianale Cabin in Venice Competition
Authorisations
- Quality Control – Quality Control ISO 9001:2008
- Implementation Programs – Implementation programs for buildings and environmental development works; Building Architecture Israeli Standard 1547, part 2
- Teaching Company no. 35179, registered in the Engineers and Architects Register of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment.
Books on Architecture written by Architect Eliezer Armon
The “Burning Bush” Synagogue
“In this unique building, created by Architect Eli Armon, in the form of an altar, with the representation of flames enveloping the prayer hall, a new idea has been created as well as a special place. This newly created dwelling expresses not only the remarkable connection point between heaven and earth, but more than this: It generates an extraordinary connection to Israeli heritage, between the past and the future, from Abraham the Hebrew to Moses, to the Israeli youth entering the school for officers, to the burdensome legacy of the calling.”
From Major General Gershon Hacohen’s introduction in the book “The Burning Bush – The Synagogue of IDF Training Camp 1,” which describes the planning and erecting process of the synagogue at the IDF school for officers. The book will be published in 2021.
If Architecture is a Language, then a Building is a Story
In his work, Architect Eliezer Armon fuses the spiritual and the material, creating spectacular buildings founded on principles of both function and significance. In the past, Armon worked as an architect in varying offices, and also served as chief city engineer for the Emanuel Regional Council and for the city of Beer Sheva. In addition, Armon served as chair of the Publicity Committee of the Israel Organization of Consulting Engineers and Architects IOCEA. He is also the owner of Armon Architects Offices. Armon has planned public buildings of importance in Israel such as train stations, cultural and sports centers, educational, cultural and recreational buildings, gas stations, community centers, synagogues and office towers, many of which he presents in his book, If Architecture is a Language, then a Building is a Story. The book is a pictorial sequence of especially impressive projects juxtaposed with detailed programs and illustrations, photographed by the artistic photographer Uriel Messa.