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17-403: Slotsarkaderne was built in 1991–92 to design by Ulrik Plesner . In 2014, Danica published plans to undertake another extension. Slotsarkederne is owned by Danica Ejendomme and is managed by DEAS. It has an area of 24,000 square metres and contains 60 shops. This article about a Danish building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

34-587: A condition for being allowed to remain a Knesset member). He has two sisters, Daniela and Maya. In 1972, when Yohanan was two months old, the family moved to Israel and settled in Jerusalem , where his father opened an office and became a city architect. Plesner grew up in Jerusalem, and during his national service in the Israel Defense Forces from 1989 to 1994, he served as an officer with

51-671: A name for himself in Asia, he was invited to Sri Lanka (at the time Ceylon) in 1958 and stayed there till 1967. He first worked for Sri Lankan architect Minnette de Silva and then was made partner in Geoffrey Bawa 's studio in Colombo . Together they built Ekala Industrial Estate, Good Shepherd Chapel Bandarawela , Polontolawa house, St. Thomas Preparatory School, and many other buildings, mainly schools, factories, private houses and hotels. The buildings bear witness to an understanding of

68-514: A shopping mall is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ulrik Plesner (architect, born 1930) James John Ulrik Plesner (13 July 1930, Florence – 2 June 2016, Tel Aviv ) was a Danish architect who has mainly worked abroad, most notably in Sri Lanka and Israel . Ulrik Plesner was born in Florence , Italy , the son of a Danish historian and a Scottish painter. He

85-574: Is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2007 and 2013. Plesner was born in London , the son of Danish architect Ulrik Plesner and Israeli journalist and lecturer Tamar Liebes. The couple had married in Colombo , Sri Lanka , and had moved to London, where Ulrik was working as an architect. Yohanan inherited both Israeli and Danish citizenship through his parents (he renounced his Danish citizenship in 2009 as

102-457: Is the grandnephew of Danish architect Ulrik Adolph Plesner . The family moved to Denmark when he was four. Plesner graduated from Herlufsholm School in 1955 and was employed by Kay Fisker between 1956 - 57. As a newly qualified architect Plesner won 5 prizes , alone and in collaboration with others. After winning 3rd prize in a competition for a Buddha monument in India and thus gaining

119-661: Is the Slotsarkaderne shopping mall in Hillerød. From 1972 until his death, he lived in Tel Aviv and ran an architectural firm, Plesner Architects , with his two daughters, architects Daniela Plesner and Maya Plesner. Ulrik Plesner has received the Jerusalem Prize for Architecture 1982, Margot and Thorvald Dreyer's Honorary Award 1985, Nykredit Architecture Prize and Eckersberg Medal in 1987. In 2011, he

136-744: The 2013 elections , he lost his seat when the party was reduced to two MKs. In 2014, Plesner was appointed President of the Israel Democracy Institute , replacing Dr. Arye Carmon upon his retirement. In 2012, Plesner chaired the Keshev committee, though widely known as the Plesner Committee, for revision in Haredi conscripting policy for the replacement of the Tal Law which was set to lapse on 1 August 2012. The committee

153-579: The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , where he earned an MPA in political economics and security studies, and spoke regularly on behalf of Israel. Upon his return to Israel, Plesner assumed the position of Head of Special Projects in the Prime Minister's Office under then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . When the Kadima Party was founded in early 2006, Plesner was appointed

170-623: The Knesset between 2007 and 2013. Their two daughters, Daniela and Maya Plesner, both graduated the Bezalel Academy of Architecture (in 1994 and 1997 respectively), and continue leading, and working at, the Tel Aviv architecture firm founded by their father in 1972. ( https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m5!14m4!1m3!1m2!1s100134873327582318862!2s0x3b00ceb33037403d:0x7f01998c5d00d6f4?hl=en-IN ) Yohanan Plesner Yohanan Plesner ( Hebrew : יוחנן פלסנר ; born January 17, 1972)

187-596: The Sayeret Matkal commando unit. He went on to study at the prestigious Amirim Program of Excellence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where he gained a BA with distinction in economics . Plesner then spent several years in the business world, first as a consultant to major financial corporations in Britain , and then as co-founder and manager of an international software company. He studied at

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204-812: The Kadima Faction and a member of both the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and of the Defense and Foreign Relations Committee. He was also founder of the European Forum of the Knesset, a parliamentary group dedicated to improving relations between the Knesset and European legislators, and chaired the Knesset's permanent delegation to the Council of Europe. Placed third on the Kadima list for

221-504: The environment and excellence in education. The Knesset Ethics Committee censured Plesner in 2011 for making “insulting and harmful comments that are not connected to political stances and public life, but rather an MK’s personal life.” Plesner, during a Haneen Zoabi speech on the Gaza Flotilla , said of Zoabi, “Go to Gaza for a week and see what happens to you, a single 38-year-old woman.” Plesner was, in 2012, Deputy Chairman of

238-549: The first Secretary-General of the nascent party, and led the formation of its organizational infrastructure. Plesner lives in Hod HaSharon with his wife Shimrit and their three children Talia, Abigail and Dan. He also has two daughters, Michaela and Ayala, from a previous marriage to Matat, a lawyer. Plesner became a member of Knesset in 2007. During his time in the legislature, Plesner spoke out on issues ranging from national security and electoral reform to preservation of

255-488: The local building traditions and the tropical climate while using modern building techniques. In 1967 he went to London , where he was at Arup Associates until 1972. At Arup Plesner was responsible for the Oxford Mail and Times 'building, Kensington and Chelsea New Central Depot and Housing and was architectural consultant on highway bridges. 1972 he moved to Israel and established his own office in Jerusalem in

272-586: The same year. Plesner was city architect in Jerusalem 1976 - 77, where he worked on a new urban plan, and architect of the World Bank 1980 - 87. He has designed Bet Gabriel cultural centre, adopting elements of the regional building traditions. For a short period, he moved his studio to Copenhagen in 1987 and joined forces with Dan Wajnman . In the competition for Copenhagen harbor , he attended 1985 with an acclaimed project. His most important work in Denmark

289-564: Was awarded the C.F. Hansen Medal . Plesner was married on 7 January 1966 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Israeli journalist and lecturer Tamar Liebes, born on 28 September 1943 in Jerusalem to classical philologist, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Joseph Gerhard Julius Liebes (1910-1988) and ceramicist Miriam Leibowitz. Their son, Yohanan Plesner , is an Israeli political scientist and former politician who served in

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