Giora Gur was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1947 and has lived in Israel since 1949.
He graduated cum laude from the faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1974.
During his studies he worked for Prof. Mansfeld’s office and gained invaluable professional experience as lead architect and projects manager. As part of the office design team, he was awarded first prize in a contest entitled: "Development of a new dwelling environment", as well as third prize two years later, in a contest for improving Eliahu’s cave.
In 1976 Giora Gur and architect Moshe Zur opened an own office named Gur-Zur Architects. In 1977 they won second prize in a contest for planning the Soccer Association Building in Ramat-Gan.
In 1979 ‘Giora Gur architects’ was established, together with architect Sylvie Gur. Today the firm comprises 26 professionals, and specializes in a variety of aspects of architecture and townplanning.
Giora Gur is a member of the Israeli Association of Independent Architects.

Born in 1950 in Cluj, Romania, Sylvie immigrated to Israel in 1970, following a five-year stay in Germany, as well as an additional year in the United States.
After graduating from the faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Israel Institute of Technology in 1975, she worked with Shlomo Aronson in Jerusalem and Miller Blum in Haifa. In 1979 she joined Giora as a partner in “Giora Gur Architects”.