His father was the first generation architect
in the family and had a passion for art
which he passed on to both Ilan and his
sister. The rural, agricultural surroundings
of their village strongly influenced the
young Ilan in developing his affinity
with open spaces, landscape and structure
and his relationship with the land and
ecological issues.
Ilan’s education at a vocational high school in Tel Aviv
resulted in his achieving his Matriculation
Certificate in the Humanities, principally
in the classes of sculpture and painting. He
went on to read Architecture and
Town Planning at the Institute
of Technology in Haifa receiving
a Bachelor of Arts degree in those two
disciplines. The period between high
school and the Institute was interrupted
by 3 years of compulsory Military Service
in the Army in Israel coming out with
the rank of Captain.
Ilan’s 35 year career in architecture has covered a vast range
of building projects including hospitals,
hotels, commercial and residential buildings
in both the public and private sectors.
He has wide international experience having worked in Israel, Italy, South
Africa, Spain and now in England since
1989.
His early training took place in the architectural
practice of his father, leading to his
first full-time employment at the office
of Arie & Eldar Sharon.
Later he joined a special American/Israeli
team to design a completely new airforce
base.
Leaving Israel, he moved
to Milan, Italy and worked for Giotto
Stoppino (architecture and product
design). After that period he moved on
to South Africa and was appointed Principal
Planner for the Ministry of Health,
Education & Transport in Boputatswana.
Remaining in Southern Africa and self-employed,
he was commissioned to design two
rural hospitals and schools for
homelands areas. He then relocated to
Barcelona and led the design team in designing
a 5 star hotel of 220 keys for
the Ramada Renaissance group. At the end
of this project he was invited to join
the prominent architectural practice of Igal Yawetz Associates in the UK as Senior Architect and led
mainly hotel projects such as the Belfry
in England. Shortly afterwards, Ilan
joined E. A. & A.
renowned for international interior design
in the field of hotels.
Having decided to settle in
the UK, Ilan set up his own practice in
North London under the name of AIF Ltd.
which in due course became S.
Ilan Architectural Workshop Ltd.
Interests - Philosophy, art and technology, sport,
tennis (Club level), cars and motorbikes. |
