Kika Braz, Architects & Urban Planners

Kika Braz, Architects & Urban Planners was founded in 1989 by Arch. Kika Braz-Schwartz, who has a B.Arch. (magna cum laude) from the Technion, and an M.A., Architecture from Columbia University in New-York City. During its years of operations, the firm established its position as one of Israel’s leading firms in the Offices Planning, Zoning Plans and Urban Renewal segments. The firm reviews its artistic expression in each of its projects, reaches interesting solutions and challenges itself and the Israeli concept of residence. The firm, which includes about 80 employees, has proven experience in working in front of leading initiators on the one hand, and the planning authorities on the other. Its clientele includes many of Israel’s large construction groups, private initiators and landowners.

Intensive Construction in a Human Scale

Kika Braz Architects leads an urban renewal vision that enriches the quality of life in an increasingly crowded world, while implementing mixed-use development in order to create a futuristic vertical city. We believe in architecture that arises from an innovative thought of city life, architecture that redesigns public spaces by creating essential public spaces which enable dynamic urban life, while being generous towards both urban space as well as the private resident. We create urban communities and new living experiences that provide solutions to contemporary social and urban matters.
We believe in local Israeli architecture that provides solutions to the Israeli climate, culture, and way of life. Our buildings respond to the essence of the location in which they are set and arise from the geographic, historic, and cultural context. We believe in ethical-humane architecture, one in which the esthetics stems from the functionality while implementing advanced green construction technology, in order to create sustainable urban buildings and surroundings.

Selected Projects

Eilat Elifelet - A residential project that implements mixed-use development distinctly and includes demolition of industrial buildings and preservation of a historic well house. Includes 216 housing units, employment areas, commerce and development Of an urban piazza. The building combines a 24 floors housing tower, that grows out of textured construction that continues the cross-section of Elifelet street.
In shaping the textured structure an emphasis was placed on creating a visual continuity to the urban structure of Eilat street. The tower’s design combines characteristics of the American colony in a light and modern way, while its mass distribution strengthens verticality.
Weizmann Block, Herzliya – Urban Renewal - an urban renewal complex on 80 dunams at the heart of Herzliya. In the project, 570 apartments would be evacuated and 1,843 new apartments would be built, in addition to commerce and offices areas. The public contribution to the city includes the creation of an urban avenue, continuance in the urban texture and restoration of the city center. The buildings’ layout creates a central park that would benefit residents of the neighborhood and its surroundings, and the project serves as an opportunity for restoring and strengthening the city center and empowering the entire city.
North Park (Park Tzafon) – 4 residential lots of 570 residential units in Neve Gan neighborhood in Ramat Hasharon are characterized by a new residential typology, reminiscent of European cities, with a texture based on closed urban blocks. The lots, which are located along the neighborhood’s main commercial road, combine textured structures of 7-story structures, commerce on the ground floor, and residential towers at the rear. Each plot is designed as a closed compound, while at the center is a protective piazza, to which lobbies and functions are directed for the well-being of the residents. The buildings’ design combines exposed concrete, metal and glass, with a sequence of protective planters which surround the building, creating a magical, relaxed and unique atmosphere.