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.

Prof. Haim Dotan has always admired natural architecture concept, he believes that nature enlightens us and we should utilize the natural feature to build natural city which can integrate into local natural style and feature rather than co called “mechanic and intelligent city”. Prof. Dotan used his own projects and local landscape to elaborate his natural architecture concept, such as Jian Zhejiang province, Yellow Mountain Anhui province, Zhangjiajie Hunan province, most of those places maintain their original style and feature, thus he believe those places are most representative places of China’s traditional style. Nature is always tranquil and nice, but here are so many building in cities, some of them maybe look good individually but to the end and together, they are just layers of grey walls which block sunshine, air and natural views and make people’s life tedious. Professor pointed out that we should try to “hide” building and integrate building into its environment.