GIORA GUR Managing Director & Partner Giora Gur was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1947 and has lived in Israel since 1949. He graduated cum laude from the faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1974. During his studies he worked for Prof. Mansfeld’s office and gained invaluable professional experience as lead architect and project manager. As part of the office design team, he was awarded first prize in a contest entitled: “Development of a new dwelling environment”, as well as third prize two years later, in a contest for improving Elijah’s cave.
In 1976 Giora Gur and architect Moshe Zur opened an office named Gur-Zur Architects. In 1977 they won second prize in a contest for planning the Soccer Association Building in Ramat-Gan. In 1979 ‘Giora Gur architects’ was established, together with architect Sylvie Gur. Giora Gur is a member of the Israeli Association of Independent Architects.