Arye Sharon, a noted Israeli architect who headed the Housing Ministry during the early years of the State, died in Paris last week at the age of 84. He was buried in Israel today. Sharon designed some of the best-known buildings in Israel, including the Beilinson, Ichilov, Soroka and Assaf Harofe hospitals as well as the Ohel Theater building, the Beth Brenner workers’ hostel in Tel Aviv and the Kinneret rest home in Tiberias.
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