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Bauhaus building as set for new Israeli movie

November 26th, 2011 | Comments Off

A Bauhaus-building in the Dov-Hoz Street no. 8 was used a few weeks ago as set for a new Israeli feature: Snails in the Rain, directed by Yariv Mozer, produced by Hila Aviram and based on a short story by Yossi Avni Levy. It is the first feature of Yariv Mozer, who made different award’s winning documentaries. Yossi Avni Levy is a famous Israeli writer and diplomat, today you will find him in Belgrade. In … Read entire article »

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Documentary The Flat wins an Ophir Award 2011

September 25th, 2011 | Comments Off

Last Thursday-evening 98 minutes documentary The Flat, directed by Arnon Goldfinger received the Award for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards 2011 (the ‘Israeli Oscars’). It is the story about the grandparents of Arnon, who were living on the 3rd. floor of a Bauhaus building at 31, Gordon Street in Tel Aviv. Arnon says about his documentary: “…My grandparents lived on the 3rd. floor since 1935, when they immigrated to Palestine. The flat was furnished with … Read entire article »

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Tel Aviv boutique hotel Center Chic reopened

July 10th, 2011 | Comments Off

The Atlas boutique hotel chain has opened the Center Chic Hotel (former Center hotel) following a renovation of around $2.7 million/€ 1,8 million. The hotel situated on Dizengoff Square (entrance: Zamenhoff Street no. 2) includes 54 rooms and an intimate lobby with books, albums and historic films about Tel Aviv. The original Bauhaus building was designed in 1948 by Haim Meshulam and housed the Gazit Hotel. … Read entire article »

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Dutch architects and engineers visiting Tel Aviv

June 5th, 2011 | Comments Off

Last Thursday, June 2nd, 61 Dutch architects and engineers did visit our city Tel Aviv. The 6-days Dutch Architecture Israel Excursion was organized by Ton Voets (Cultuurreizen.tv in Delft, Holland). I took 31 people from the group and showed them historic Tel Aviv (1909-1938). In the 3-hours walk of the inner-city of Tel Aviv, they saw Neo-Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus, or Internationale Style architecture. In the inner-city of Tel Aviv (since June … Read entire article »

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Tel Aviv: Keep an eye on your restoration projects!!

May 29th, 2011 | Comments Off

One of the first Bauhaus buildings (there are 4.000 of them in the inner-city of Tel Aviv!) that was restored (in 1994), is the beautiful building in Bialik Street no. 18 (architect: Friedman Bros, 1935). A few days ago, I did a Bauhaus tour with a Dutch reporter and saw the building again, after quite a long time. I was quite shocked: the building has signs of decay of concrete again!! Please, Tel Aviv, once you restore … Read entire article »

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Dov Carmi exhibition in the Helena Rubinstein Pavillion

December 19th, 2010 | Comments Off

In the Helena Rubenstein Pavillion for Contemporary Art (Tarsat Boulevard 6) you will find an exhibition about the famous International Style (‘Bauhaus’) architect Dov Carmi under the name: ‘Dov Carmi, Architect-Engineer, Public Domestica‘. Dov Carmi was born in 1905 in Odessa and came to Palestine in 1921. He went to the ‘L’Ecole du Beaux Art’ in Gent (Belgium) to study architecture. Back in Palestine he designed more then 50 International Style buildings (1930-1950 ) in Tel … Read entire article »

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Beautifully restored at Barzilay Street

December 26th, 2009 | Comments Off

In the Barzilay Street no.6, near the Rothschild Boulevard, you will find a beautiful restored Bauhaus (or International Style) building from 1934. It is one of the more then 4.000 International Style buildings, you will find in the inner-city of Tel Aviv, designed between 1930 and 1938. … Read entire article »

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Walking with Irgoen Oleh Holland

November 15th, 2009 | Comments Off

On Friday 6th and 13th of November, I took a group (64 people all together) of Irgoen Oleh Holland (The Dutch new immigrant organization) for a walking tour of historic Tel Aviv: the architecture in the Neo-Classic, Neo-Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus or International Style. At the end of the 3 hours tour, the group received a light lunch at the first kiosk of Tel Aviv (1909), now restored at the corner of Herzl Street and Rothschild Boulevard. … Read entire article »

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Architectural tour of Tel Aviv

October 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments

On Friday 6th and 13th of November the IOH (Irgoen Oleh Holland) will organize an architectural tour of Tel Aviv. See the Gems of the city in Neo-Classic, Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus or International Style (1909-1938). The (walking)tour will start at the corner of Herzl-street and Rothschild-boulevard, near the first kiosk (1909) of Tel Aviv and ends (after 3 hours) in the beautiful, restored Neve-Tsedek neighborhood. For all architecture-lovers a must!! For information:Milly Horowitz (03-5169096 ) … Read entire article »

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Peter Murphy returns to Tel Aviv

September 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

One of the godfathers of Goth, Peter Murphy will be returning to Israel for a show on November 10th at The Barby Club in Tel Aviv. Murphy is best known as the singer for the 80s new wavers BAUHAUS. For the last 20 years he is on solo-tours backed by a three-piece band. … Read entire article »

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An other Bauhaus building sold

September 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments

For the second time this month, a historic Bauhaus-building (1936) was sold to a group of investors. The building (560 square meters) on Dizingoff Street, near Frishmanstreet, was sold for NIS 21 million ($7 million). After the preservation and reconstruction works, the building will get three (!) more floors. The building will have, at the end, 24 apartments, each measures 55 square meters and two penthouses (sales-offers at this moment: $321.000 for an apartment). The two penthouse will be sold for nearly $2 million. The restoration architect will be Nitza Szmuk, who studied restauration in Florence. She fought for years, within-and outside the Municipality of Tel Aviv, for the Bauhaus buildings of Tel Aviv. She wrote a fantastic, historic book about the Bauhaus-buildings ( Hebrew and English/French): Dwellings on the Dunes and … Read entire article »

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Bauhaus-building sold for $2million

September 14th, 2009 | Comments Off

A Bauhaus-building (1936) in the Yehuda Halevie Street was sold yesterday to a privat investor for NIS 7.3 million ($2 million). The structure, 4 stories-high,was build on a land measuring 280 square meters. It was owned by an offshoot of one of the founders of the famous Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. The new owner said that he will restore the historic building and add an other floor on it (costs: $1 million). … Read entire article »

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Intermediate Space Video Installation in Neve-Tsedek

August 21st, 2009 | Comments Off

On September 10th at 20.30 there will be large “Intermediate Space Video Installations” on the square in front of the Inbal Dance Theatre in the Neve-Tsedek neighborhood. This outdoor video-installation adress the space between ‘black and white’, between Tel Aviv “the White City” of Bauhaus modern architecture and its adoption of European ‘modernism’. It continues with a look at Tel Aviv of the Middle-East, including Jaffo and the southren neighborhoods. Curators are : Carmel Gottlieb Kimhi and Tali Navon. The video-artist, who are taking part in this unique video-art installation are: Ronen Eidelman, Batya Argov, Yael Bartana, Doron Golan, Ela Zaharano, Delight, Meir Tatti, Yulie Cohen, Itay Finkelstein, Yifat Libny, Sagit Geirman, Tali Navon, Doron Solomons, Yael Omer, Dafna Shalom and Micha Simchon. More information: 03-5173711 … Read entire article »

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