Since October 2006, the architect Ram Karmi is “restoring” the Habima-theatre (Tarsat-boulevard no. 2). The whole area around Habima is looking like a disaster zone; and as it looks today, Karmi is creating an ‘architectural monster’. He is adding two floors and the famous stone columns of Habima will be hidden behind a glass-wall, while the facades on the side-streets are one big wall of concrete. It is the same Ram Karmi, who wrote an article in Ha’aretz (June 27th 2005) against the restoration-plans of the Mann Auditorium, under the headlines:“Toppling the temple of culture”… he wrote: “…the Kolker-Kolker-Epstein architectural firm, which is participating in this ruthless (!!) and destructive (!!) renovation-process, is entering the ‘temple’ without removing his shoes, in order to serve (!!) the stiff-necked imperviousness of the buildings … Read entire article »