I did find a very interesting article about the architecture of Tel Aviv in the Metropolis Magazine by James Trainor: ‘Letter from Tel Aviv’. I agree a 100% with him about his comments in connection with the Peres Center for Peace, at Kedemstreet no.132 in the Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa.The building, designed by the Italian [...]
The Municipality of Tel Aviv started to build another (!!) enormous tower on the historic Rothschild Boulevard (the part between Herzl- and Allenby Street). Enough is enough, ain’t it??!! Were is ex-city engineer Israel Goodevitch? At least he had the guts(!!) to say no to highrise on the Boulevard…
The famous Red House (the Lodzia factory) in the Nahmani Street was bought by business man Roni Duek and his wife, actress Yael Abecassis, for NIS 25 million ($8 million!). The beautiful red-brick building was build in 1924 by Akiva Weiss, one of the founding-fathers of Tel Aviv. The Duek couple wanted first to use [...]
So sometimes there is good news coming from the offices of the Municipality of Tel Aviv: the Municipality’s Planning and Construction Committee decided yesterday not to approve building of any new tower in the city center (just like places as Amsterdam and Paris). According to an outline plan for 2025 high-risers will be concentrated in [...]
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One of the – to my opinion – greatest events in Tel Aviv-Yafo is Houses from Within. Coming weekend (May 7th and 8th) the 2010 (and 4th) edition will take place on almost 150 (!) locations. There will be designer lofts, synagogues, gardens and lost of other unique places open for public. You should definitely [...]
