"Ben-Ami Shulman, the son of Meir Shulman - one of the founders of Tel Aviv and owner of the Ra'anan chocolate factory - was born in Jaffa. He studied architecture + engineering at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, graduating in 1931. Between 1932 + 1947 he ran an office in Tel Aviv, planning + overseeing the building of villas in Ramat Gan, Nes Ziona + Rishon Le-Zion, as well as a Ramat Gan factory. He planned a number of residential + commercial buildings in Tel Aviv. In 1937 he battled with the municipal authorities to have them revoke the demolition order against the columned ground floor of 3 Mapu Street because its' height exceeded regulations... - but to no avail. Members of the Association of Engineers, spearheaded by Joseph Neufield, rallied to Shulman's cause, demanding participation in the town-planning commission's re-examination of the matter. The demolition order was dully annulled + the building remained intact. In 1947 Shulman left for Canada; twelve years later he re-settled in Los Angeles, where, in partnership with his son Uzi, he embarked on a successful career, working to the last day of his life. Uzi Shulman reminisces: 'My father had a great love for architecture, + even though his style was highly individual, he was always open to new ideas + experiments.' " - Nitza Metzger-Szmuk Dwelling In The Dunes- Tel Aviv Modern Movement + Bauhaus Ideals*
"Positive/negative elements, such as rounded volumes or recessed prisms in the essentially flat facades were a specialty of Ben-Ami Shulman, who designed buildings with a freedom reminiscent of plasticine modeling." - Nathan Alterman *
"In the countries in which Modernism originated only individual buildings + housing estates were produced in the 20's + 30's, but this architecture is realized in a most impressive way throughout urban Tel Aviv. Convincing features are the great variety + liberal handling of the characteristic features. Tel Aviv is still- despite the changes- a city of Modern Architecture." - Irmel Kamp-Bandeau Tel Aviv Modern Architecture 1930-1939