Haim Dotan, international architect, urban designer, poet, philosopher, educator and artist. Following a career in Japan and the U.S.A., where he practiced in Manhattan, he established the firm of Haim Dotan Ltd. Architects in 1990 in Tel Aviv. The office focuses on innovative cutting-edge architecture, research and construction, and designs private and public projects in Asia, the Persian Gulf, Africa, Israel & Europe. Haim Dotan is an architectural pioneer in developing construction techniques for residential, commercial, industrial, educational and public institutions. In his projects, Architect Dotan creates a new language in the global architectural landscape. In 2011 Architect Haim Dotan was awarded Architect of the Year by the distinguished Israeli magazine “Economics”. In 2010 Architect Haim Dotan was chosen as “Most Distinguished Architect” by the Israel Association of United Architects. In 2008 Haim Dotan won the Israel Foreign Ministry DBOT tender as the developer, contractor, designer and architect of the Israel Pavilion in EXPO 2010 World Exhibition in Shanghai, China.

2011 Recipient of China national "Most Beautiful Book in China" award, for the books Poetry & Architecture

2011 Recipient of Shanghai Annual Book Design Prize with East China Normal University Press for the books After the Rain and Echo in the Desert by the Shanghai Municipality of Press & Publications

2011 Recipient of the distinguished Israeli national magazine Economics “Architect of the Year 2011” award

2010 Recipient of Israel Association of United Architects “Most Distinguished Architect of the Year 2010” award

2010 Recipient of USA Exhibitor Magazine, “Editor’s Choice” award, for the Israel Pavilion in World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China

2010 Winner of Israel Foreign Ministry DBOT tender to design, build, operate and transfer the Israel Pavilion in World EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China

2006 Nominee for the Israel Prize in Architecture (Israel’s highest award)

2006 Recipient of the Israeli Building Construction Center award for “New Architectural Language in Israel through 17 years of Development and Improvement of New Building Technologies”.

2005 Nominee for the UIA (United International Architects) Gold Medal on behalf of the United Architects of Israel

1998 Recipient of the Israel Engineering and Architects Association award for the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, for professional

2010 Echo in the Desert - a new architectural manifest by Haim Dotan Published by East China Normal University Press

2010 After the Rain - a new poetry & photography book by Haim Dotan Published by East China Normal University Press

2010 Great Vision for Future, EXPO 2010 Shanghai Official book, China

2010 Beyond Design, 2010 Shanghai Expo, Architecture and Space Design, Israel Pavilion, Dialog & Innovation for Better Life, Pages168-175, Sandu Publishing Co., China

2010 “Expo 2010 Shanghai”, A+U, Architecture and Urbanism, Japan

2010 “Replanting Roots in Shanghai”, Asian Jewish Life Journal

2010 Various Chinese publications regarding EXPO 2010, including Shanghai Jieifang Daily, Xinmim Evening News, Shanghai Top News, Shanghai Magazine, Metro Shanghai, Art Magazine, Global Times.

2008 “That is Not the Way to Build a Wall”, DO Magazine, Israel

2007 “Against the Background of Eternity” (in Russian), Building ARX 15, Ukraine & Russia

2006 "Architecture Israele: Un Nuovo Linguaggio", Casa Vogue, Italy