Clothing worn by priests in the ancient Hebrew temple was part of an over-all architecture that engaged strict functions. Like clothing, architecture’s most basic function is to serve as covering and shelter for the body, and clothing in the ancient …
Category: Israel
(rictulio– flickr/creative commons license) Alfred Mansfeld and interior designer Dora Gad designed the Israel’s National Museum in 1965, in the Givat Ram area of Jerusalem near the Knesset governmental center. Completed just a few years after Israel’s independence because of …
Moore Yaski Sivan Architects (Eli Attia) designed the Azrieli Complex in Tel Aviv. The $350,000,000 project has office and residential space surrounding a central mall. Spectacular pedestrian bridges connect it to the other blocks in this busy district. The skyscrapers …
(rictulio– flickr/creative commons license) The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum overlooks Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem valley. The design by Moshe Safdie took ten years to culminate and finally opened in 2005. The campus of six buildings is linked by paths and bridges …