This book exhibits a collection of projects designed by the renown Israeli architecture studio, Chyutin Architects, during the period of 1980-2010. The studio was founded by Bracha Chyutin and Michael Chyutin in 1978. It specializes in the architectural design of public buildings, residential spaces, interior design and urban planning. Chyutin Architects has won many open national competitions for public buildings including the Court of Justice in Haifa (1994); Mane Katz Museum in Haifa (2000); Court of Justice in Jerusalem (2007); and Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem (2010) . It is responsible for the Master plans of several academic campuses including the Van-Leer Institute in Jerusalem (2008), and the new campus for the University of Ben Gurion at Beer Sheva (2013), both winning competitions. The studio has won several competitions for academic buildings including the Senate Building in Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva (1994); The Tel-Aviv College (1969); Student House in Haifa University (2002); Polonsky Academy in Jerusalem (2010) and others. In recognition of its architectural achievements, the studio has been awarded the Israeli Architects’ Association Award (1993); The 'Ot-Hitzuv' Award (2005; 2009; 2011); the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ) (2008); the Rechter Award (1996;2006); Dezeen's top ten: Parks and Gardens (2011), and the Architizer A+ Award for the Higher Education Institutions & Research Facilities category (2013). The firm's Designs have been displayed in numerous national and international architectural exhibitions and have been published in the daily press, professional journals and books throughout the world. Bracha Chyutin and Michael Chyutin have also been engaged in academic activity in most of Israel ’s universities. They have published a great number of papers and studies about architecture and urban planning. They have co-authored various books: Architecture and Utopia-The Israeli Experiment (Asghat 2007), Architecture for Justice ( Tel Aviv Museum 2006 ), and Architecture of Ben Gurion University 1990-2006 (BGU Press 2008).

Designed by Bracha and Michael Chyutin, the Haifa Court House houses the District Court, the Magistrate’s Court, and several other judicial instances. It contains 75 courtrooms, 100 judges’ chambers, numerous offices, a library and a restaurant on a built area of 90,000 square meters, of which 40,000 are parking facilities occupying a site area of 10,000 square meters. The design was chosen from some sixty proposals submitted to a public competition in 1994. The construction was completed in 2004. Bracha Chyutin studied Architecture at the Technion in Haifa from 1972 to 1977. Michael Chyutin studied Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Technion in Haifa from 1959 to 1975, obtaining a Ph.D. in Architecture. Chyutin Architects, a leading architectural firm in Israel, have won many architectural competitions and designed numerous public buildings in Israel.