Joshua Skarf is a licensed archi­tect liv­ing and work­ing in Jerusalem. He stud­ied in Yeshi­v­at Har Etzion and has degrees in archi­tec­ture from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan and Beza­lel Acad­e­my. He has designed hos­pi­tals, train sta­tions, shop­ping malls, Israeli con­sulates, army instal­la­tions, ele­men­tary schools, muse­ums, and research facil­i­ties in Israel. Skarf was born in Toron­to, grew up in Michi­gan, and has been liv­ing in Israel since 2004.