Shulamit Nadler

Shulamit Nadler was born in 1923 in Tel Aviv

Shulamit Nadler was born Shulamit Kanievski in Tel Aviv on August 16, 1923. Her parents were Rachel and Yitzhak Kanev. Her father was an economist, a Histadrut leader and a member of the first Knesset for Mapai.

She studied architecture at the Technion under Zeev Rechter and finished in 1945. She was the second woman to complete architecture studies there. At the Technion she met Michael Nadler, who became her husband and partner.

After planning 6 kibbutzim in the Negev, the couple opened a small office in Tel Aviv. Winning the competition for the Ruppin agricultural school helped the firm grow. Shmuel Bixon joined as a partner in 1958 and Moshe Gil in 1970.

The firm designed the National Library in Jerusalem, Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem Theatre and many university libraries. In 1970 she won the Rokach Prize with her partners. The office closed in 2010.

In 2013 an exhibition on the firm's work opened at the Architect's House gallery. She died on August 27, 2016, and was buried in Herzliya. She left a son, Ariel, and grandchildren.