Zvi Hecker

Polish-born Zvi Hecker is an Israeli architect with offices in Berlin and Amsterdam. His buildings, such as the Spiral Apartment House in Ramat-Gan and the Heinz Galisky Schule in Berlin, are distinguished by their geometric complexity. Hecker’s work has been exhibited in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, New York, Florence, and Berlin. In 1999, he represented Israel at the 5th Venice Biennale of Architecture. He is the recipient of both the German Critic Prize for architecture (1996) and the Rechter Prize for Architecture (1999).