Yitzhak Perlstein

Yitzhak Perlstein (; 23 May 1914 – 5 June 1981) was an Israeli architect.

Biography He was born in Tel Aviv to Pesia and , who were among the founders of the city. He studied architecture and urban planning at the University of London, receiving his degree in 1937. Upon his return to the country in 1939, he began working primarily in the field of urban development, first within the British Mandate government and later as an independent professional.

In 1958, he was awarded the together with and Mordechai Ludwig Schorr. In 1961, he received the Kaplan Award The plan (D/313) was officially approved on 6 May 1960, and since then, the city of Ashdod has been built almost precisely according to its defined scale and guidelines.

In 1965, he served as a member of the judging panel for the competition to design the Ashdod city center.

Personal life Perlstein was the father of Edna, Telma, and Yaakov.

In the 1940s, he married Irene, who was born in the United Kingdom. His sister Rebecca was the wife of entrepreneur and businessman , one of the founders of the Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv and Kiryat Wolfson in Jerusalem, both of which Perlstein helped design.

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