Amos Brandeis is an architect and urban planner. He is the owner and manager of a planning practice since 1994 (www.Restorationplanning.com), Ambassador of the International Riverfoundation (Australia) and former Chairman of Israel Planners Association (2006 – 2012).
His firm is involved in planning of many urban and regional plans on the international, national, regional and local level. Among them cities, city centers, urban renewal, neighborhoods, villages, sea-shores, ports, tourism complexes, rivers, schools, agricultural projects, etc. Amos Brandeis has been awarded over fifteen prizes in the course of his professional career and academic studies including the 2011 “ISOCARP Award for Excellence” (Strategic Planning Category, for planning the Bedouin City Rahat), and the “2003 International Riverprize” (for the Alexander River Restoration Project, a unique collaboration between Israelis and Palestinians, regarding the restoration of a polluted cross-border river).
Amos did serve as an international consultant, speaker and/or workshop leader in many countries over 5 continents (Australia, New Zealand, China, USA, Russia, England, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Burkina Faso, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, etc.). Among these he served as the team leader of the Shantou ISOCARP UPAT (March 2013), and tutor of the NYPP (First national Young Planners) workshop in Russia (ISOCARP and RUPA).