Art in Mot ion
Right: Gymnasts practice outside the new Herta
and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, designed by Harvard architecture
department chairman Preston Scott Cohen.
BAUHAUs riot
Below: Bialik Street is notable for its examples
of Bauhaus architecture, first practiced in
Germany in the 1920 s. The functional style
became dominant in Tel Aviv with the arrival of
Jewish architects fleeing Nazi Germany. Below:
Tel Aviv is nicknamed The White City on account
of its more than 4,000 Bauhaus structures.
Tel Aviv is A
cApTivATing hybrid
of inTernATionAl
ArchiTecTure And
An unmisTAkAbly
mediTerrAneAn
ATmosphere.
Living History
Above: A wall built by Christian Crusaders is among
the ruins at Apollonia National Park in Herzliya.
MEDi t Err AnE An MoDErn
Opposite: The interior of the new Herta and Paul
Amir Building of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The text
printed on the walls is a piece by Scottish artist
Douglas Gordon.
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