Michael Burt, Prof. Emeritus, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (I.I.T)

Born 1937 – Ukraine 02/10/1937; in Israel since 1948.
Married to Tamara, with three sons.

EDUCATION: B.Arch-1963, Technion, I.I.T, Israel.
D.Sc -1967, (Master thesis was awarded the D.Sc) – Technion, I.I.T.
Teaching & Academic Research In the Faculty of Architecture and
Town Planning, Technion, I.I.T since 1963. Supervision of 11
doctorate theses and numerous M.Arch
theses.

TEACHING & ACADEMIC RESEARCH In the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion.
Sabbatical research years in Canada, U.S.A Australia, France Germany.

Supervision of numerous Doctoral and Masters Theses

Dean, Faculty of Architecture & T.P. 1977÷80; 1989÷94

Retired as Professor Emeritus – (2006).

 

 MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH:

  • Structural Morphology and Space Structures.
  • Urban Development in the  Marine Environment.
  • Exhaustive Enumeration of Uniform 3D Space networks and Symmetry Groups.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

Transportation and Bridge Design; Industrialized Building Housing. Membrane ‘Tent’ structures for exhibitions and public activities. Large span cover structures.

 

15 registered patents.

 

 BOOKS:

  • ‘Spatial Arrangement and Polyhedra with Curved Surfaces and their Architectural Applications’ (D.Sc – 1966).
  • ‘Infinite Polyhedra’ (with Wachman & Kleinman) – 1974, 2005.
  • ‘The Periodic Table Of The Polyhedral Universe’ –
  • The ‘Israeli Marine Option,  The Blue Avenue Vision’ – 2012.
    All  – Technion publications.

 

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:

Ha’aretz Museum (Israel), – 1968;  Paris Biennale-Aqua Ville project  (representing Israel)– 1969;  Israel Museum – 1972;  Haifa Art Museum ‘conceptual architecture’ – 1997;  Muar – National Russian Architecture Museum (Moscow),– 2003.  ‘The Israeli Marine Option’ – Technion, gallery Haifa-2015.

 

Many group and travelling exhibitions, in Israel and abroad, (Canada, U.S.A, France, G,B., Poland, Hungary, Australia, Japan).

Judgment in Professional National Competitions In Architecture (1976÷2016).

 

 AWARDS & GRANTS: 

Sagorski Prize Technion, I.I.T – 1968;

Dworski & Sandberg R&D Prize –Israel Museum, product design; – 1972

Rokah Prize –  Bridge Design, – 1976; (Tel Aviv Municipality Award).

Minerva Grant – Max Planck Institute, research inStuttgart Univ. Germany,  1985-86

Japan Foundation Fellowship  – 1992.

Pioneers Award for distinguished contribution in the field of space strukturę, G.B – 2002;

Honorary fellow award of the Israeli Architects  Association  – 2014.