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Neo-Romantic building in the Ha-Hasmal Street beautiful restored
The Neo-Romantic building, designed in 1924, in the Ha-Hasmalstreet no.10 is a real beauty again after 18 month of restoration-work. The now colorful facade is shining: a great job is done here!! … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv boutique hotel Center Chic reopened
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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More supporters: Never destroy a historic building
I did found this most interesting article in the Ha’aretz newspaper about the preservation of historic buildings in the city. As the frequent readers of Tel Aviv Fever will know, we support restoration and renovation projects in the inner-city for 100% and are fully against a destruction of an (important) historic building. An historic building is a part of the culture and history of the city, never destroy it! … Read entire article »
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Restoration work former Ben Nahum Hotel started
I think every Tel Avivian knows this spot on the corner of Allenby Street 118 and Rothschild Boulevard: the beautiful building with this very special rooftop: the once Ben-Nahum Hotel, designed in 1921 by Tel Aviv’s first city-engineer Judah Magidovitch, who designed more then 500 (!) buildings in Tel Aviv, between 1919 and 1951. After the hotel closed, there have been several different restaurants in de building. A month ago they started to restore this awesome building… … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv Culture Square, a beauty next to the beast
The frequent readers of our website will know by now, what we think of the radical ‘renovation’ of the Habima Theater. The moment they started with Habima, the Municipality also started to work on the new ‘Culture Square’, situated between Habima, the Mann Auditorium and the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion of Art. The huge square, once a parking lot, is newly designed by Dani Karavan… and: it looks absolutely awesome, with a lot of open spaces, greenery, water works, and with the parking now underneath the square. They are still working on the square, but I am sure, in a few months, this will be the place to be! … Read entire article »
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Ram Karmi, the ‘gentleman’ architect
Just watched the Israeli Channel 10 News yesterday with an item about the ‘renovation’ of the once so beautiful Habima Theater, designed in 1935 by Richard Kaufmann. The reporter asked the renovation architect Ram Karmi the following quite relevant questions: “Why was there no public discussion about this renovation-project? Why was there no tender issued to select the architect? Why the budget went from NIS 31 million to NIS160 million? Why are there old components missing? Why the sub-contractor went to court to stop the project? Why the opening date changed from last December to the Summer of 2011?” The amazing answer of the ‘gentleman’ architect was: “Everybody can kiss my arse!!” Before on Tel Aviv Fever where Habima was mentioned: HERE … Read entire article »
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Habima, from National Theater to Shopping Mall
A few days ago, the Municipality of Tel Aviv decided to add another NIS 10 million to the never ending Habima (Tel Aviv’s National Theater) saga. The start-budget in 2007 was NIS 31 million, today the counter stands on: NIS160 million! For more then 3 years there is a large construction-site in the middle of Tel-Aviv. A few weeks ago the subcontractor of the project went to court and tried to stop the ‘renovation’ work, because of miss-management by the main-contractor. Ruth Ronen of the Tel Aviv District Court said that the ‘renovation’ work can continue, but that tests of the structure also must continue and its stability and safety must be confirmed before the building can be used. The big question is: When will the building have it’s … Read entire article »
Famous Red House sold
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 the building as their private home, but a few days ago, they decided to renovate and preserve the Lodzia building and turn it into luxury apartments. The laying of the cornerstone for the expansion of the Lodzia-textile factory in Spring 1929. Architect: Joseph Berlin … Read entire article »
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An other landmark in Tel Aviv destroyed?
The last few months, we wrote a few items about the rape of our Habima theater building by Ram Karmi. But the Municipality of Tel Aviv has no limits at all. A few weeks ago, they agreed to a plan to destroy an other famous Tel-Aviv landmark: The Asia House in Weizmann Street 4, designed in 1960 by Ben Horin. This beautiful shaped building was a relief for a lot of architecture-lovers after a long period of Brutal style architecture (concrete, concrete, concrete!). The new owner of the building is Alfred Akirov… He build, the last few years towers all over the center of Tel Aviv, e.g. destroying the Rotschild Boulevard with this large ugly steel and glass monsters. The new plans for the Asia House are just unbelievable: a 12-stories … Read entire article »
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Why add an upper-floor??
On the Ben Yehuda Street no. 8 you find a beautiful building, designed in the Eclectic-style in 1926 by Joseph Berlin. The building was in a bad state and restored (real nice) in 1998…but then the restoration/renovation architect got a black-out!! He added a glass-upper floor on this historic building, totally destroying the design of Joseph Berlin. I can’t understand this urge from some of the Israeli restoration ‘architects’ to add upper glass-floors or glass-curtain walls on top of historical buildings. Did they ever heard (or – preferably – learned) about the word aesthetic?? … Read entire article »
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Nearly restored…the third kiosk
There are historic places gone soon (see pictures item before of the old Tel-Aviv Central busstation), but at another place in the city, they are restoring an old, historic site: the 3rd ‘kiosk’ of Tel Aviv (corner Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street) will be in a few days as NEW. [see the former state at Tel Aviv Fever: HERE] … Read entire article »
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At last men at work
For years and years, the 3rd ‘kiosk’ of Tel Aviv, on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street was in a ‘shabby’ state. Just a few days ago, I saw to my suprise, that they started the restore this historic structure. It is never to late! ;-) [WOW! See the third kiosk in August 2009 HERE] … Read entire article »
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