Author

Peter Bugod

Peter Bugod was born in Bucharest, Romania, and completed his first 2 years of architecture at the Ion Mincu Institute in Bucharest. He completed a BA in architecture and town planning at La Cambre E.N.S.A.A.V., Brussels, in 1966.Peter has worked in Paris/St. Cloud in the studio of Josic and then in Bruxelles/Genval in André Jacqmain’s studio.

In 1968, he was a town planner in the UA 5 town planners’ team for the planning of Louvain-la-Neuve, a new university town in Belgium. Later in 1970, Peter immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. From 1970 to 1975, he worked in the office of David Best and then of Shlomo Aronson.

The Bugod-Figueiredo studio for architecture, town planning, and environmental planning was established in Jerusalem in December 1975. The team is known for the preservation and restoration of historic monuments and the integration of modern structures.

Peter is the winner of many architectural competitions. In 1971, he won the 1st prize in the Cardo competition for the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, together with partner Esther Niv-Krendel. Other projects of the Bugod-Figueiredo team were the additional wings of the monasteries in Abou Gosh, Ein Karem, and Nes-Ammim; the conservation of historic monuments in Beit Shean; the restored buildings of the campus of the new Municipality of Jerusalem; and many other civil and private buildings.