Head of architecture + design at LABTech, Yaara Gooner talks design strategy, ongoing learning + more in this week's Friday Five.

As head of architecture and design, Yaara Gooner is the creative eye behind LABTech?s unique and innovative workspaces: LABS and their latest residential living concept, STAY. She is a highly talented designer and architect, and during her studies her final project was awarded the Highest Achievement Award by the Azrieli Architecture Competition for creativity, originality and architectural quality. After graduating, Yaara joined Kimmel Eshkolot Architects where she was part of an award winning team, winning first prize architectural competitions and bids to work on landmark projects.
Prior to LABTech, she was an architect and designer at Baranowitz + Kronenberg, where she led interior design projects for high-end hospitality properties in Israel and Europe. This role developed Yaara?s interior style as she studied the conditions and characteristics of iconic buildings and developed designs that complemented their best features. As a specialist in premium and boutique design, she’s had the chance to work with five-star hotels, luxury restaurants and flagship commercial properties. Passionate about using design and architecture to improve lives and transform areas, Yaara has led pro-bono projects to help local communities. Notably she led a team of architects in the renovation of a drug rehabilitation center in Tel Aviv that includ...