| Werner Joseph Wittkower | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Death Place: | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupation: | Architect |
Werner Joseph Wittkower (May 12, 1903, Berlin; December 11, 1997, Tel Aviv), was a German-Israeli architect.[1]
His parents were Henry Wittkower (1865–1942) and Gertrude Ansbach (Wittkower) (1876–1965).[2] His siblings were art historian Rudolf Wittkower (1901–1971), Kate Wittkower (1900–1968), and Elly Friedmann (1912–1988).
Wittkower studied art history and archeology at the universities of Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1931 he began working as an architect in Berlin. After the Nazi party took power in 1933, he emigrated to Palestine. After working for the British army as a civilian during World War Two, he became a successful architect in the state of Israel. He was a member of the Tel Aviv planning committee (1946–1954),[3] and he designed many buildings in Tel Aviv.[4]