“A little help from ‘some’ friends…..”
Herewith a picture of a Bauhaus building (1934) in the Frishman Street no.22. The building needs badly a restoration : as you can see, during the years the inhabitants of the building, closed some of the balconies (extra-room) and did put ugly, plastic sun-shades on the top-floor. The design is a truly beautiful ‘International Style’ … To renovated this building, we just need: A little help from ‘some’ friends… … Read entire article »
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Restoration works on Bauhaus building
A restoration company is working this moment on a beautiful designed Bauhaus-building (1934) at the Frishman Street 21. The front of the building (the facade at the Frishman Street) is restored a few month ago and is today the home of the ShenArt Gallery. (pictures: June the 16th) … Read entire article »
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Maybe a little paint would help??
This funny picture I took a few days ago near Allenbey Street: At the left a restored Bauhaus-building (with the adding of two floors) and on the right a building that (at least!!) needs a facade-painting soon!! … Read entire article »
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Those ugly towers!
Two days ago, I was walking on the Nahalat-Binyamin, one of the loveliest streets in Tel Aviv, with lots of restaurants, bars and twice a week an exciting art market. But the view of this street, with some beautiful buildings from around 1920 is ruined by the ‘sight” of an other ugly high-rise nearby: a part of the so-called “Lev Hair” (Heart of the City) project, ‘designed’ by Adi Karmi (she is the sister of Ram Karmi, who is destroying at this moment the once beautiful Habima-building). Not so long ago, architect and the ‘enfant-terrible’ of the Israeli Architecture, Israel Goodevich, wrote a fantastic book (only in Hebrew) about this high-rise in Tel Aviv, called: “40 x 40″ (200 pages with great color-pictures) … Read entire article »
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“Don’t let me down…”
Halfway Lilienblum Street, you will find the 2nd kiosk of Tel Aviv, in a bad state. Once the people, who visited, the now broken-down, Eden Cinema nearby, bought in this kiosk during the breaks their refreshments. The first kiosk, on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Herzl Street was beautiful restored (with the help of the Hackmey-family) in the year 2000; today this historic ‘structure‘ in Lilienblum Street needs badly a ‘little help from some friends’, so it can be restored in his old glory. Like John Lennon once shouted: “Don’t let me downnnn…” … Read entire article »
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What is this restauration architect trying to say?
Two nights ago, on my way to the ZOA-House, I passed again this building in the Yehuda-Ha-Levie Street (nr 185): a restored Bauhaus building of 1936. But were is this so-called restored building gone?? The ‘restoration’ architect did hide (in 1995) it behind a large (glass) curtain-wall. But, against this wall, he did put an small-structure (in an horrible color!!). On top of this structure he put old stone ornaments of a building of 1918 (a Romantic-style building), that was pulled down in 1993. So…if this architect loves old buildings and style, why he didn’t just restored the old Bauhaus-building, instead of putting all this kitch in front of it? … Read entire article »
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Renovation a matter of taste?
From where do this restoration/renovation architects in Tel-Aviv (at least a part of them) received this horrible ‘ taste’?? On the Ben-Jehuda Street no. 8, you will find the famous Hershberg House, designed in 1926 by Joseph Berlin. Berlin was born in 1877 in the Ukraine. He studied architecture in Odessa and in St.Petersburg. He emigrated to Palestine in 1921. His early buildings are largely in silicate stone and reminicent of Berlage‘s, the Dutch architect from Amsterdam (!), brick buildings. In 1998/99 the Hershberg House was restored and the restoration architect thought it was ‘proper’ to add an aluminium floor on top of this historic building. A ‘matter of taste”. … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv hotel ranked 23rd in magazine’s hot list!
Conde Nast Traveller Magazine ranks boutique ‘Hotel Montefiori’ (at Montefiori Street no.36) as one of the top 70 hotels in the world for 2009: rank no.:..23 !!! The building, designed in 1922 in the ‘Eclectic’ style, was restored in 2000/2001. In 2002, Yoram and Elana Wakshlak opened in the building on the 2nd and 3rd floor the ‘Time for Art Center’ (a gallery). On the first floor they opened the restaurant ‘Artichoke’. The restaurant would finance the facility’s artistic activities. It soon became clear that this would not be possible and ‘with a heavy heart’, they closed the place after two and half years. After some inside restoration, ‘Hotel Montefiore’, just ..12 rooms, opened it’s doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor. The restaurant, on the first floor, is run today by … Read entire article »
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Back to school…
A horrible example of so called restoration/renovation work, you will find in the Levotine Street (a side-street of Allenbey): The ‘Generali’ building, designed in 1928. In 1995, the architect Cahana (after restoring the old building) added a large block of aluminium on top of this historic building…it just looks disgusting. Mr. Cahana, I have a ‘tip’ for you: at Delft University of Technology (TUDelft, Netherlands) they teach about restoration/renovation and ethics: maybe it is time, you start your study all over again? … Read entire article »
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