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Our editor Frits in Asian architecture magazine

Tel Aviv Fever editor Frits has been guiding Adele Chong, the editor of Blueprint Asia magazine on a tour through historic Tel Aviv, which of course included the revival of Bauhaus in Tel-Aviv: TEL AVIV : The White City Revival : “Architecture tour guide Frits de Wit muses over the Israeli (cultural – ed.) capital’s famous Bauhaus legacy and takes us on a trip down memory lane.” Blueprint Asia – May 2nd, 2009 edition It resulted in a multi-page article with great pictures of Tel Aviv. Blueprint Asia is a growing magazine on architecture, design and art and is published in many countries in East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Middle East and Philippines. It has a circulation of 15.000. Tel Aviv Fever is of course mentioned as the … Read entire article »

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The coming of the ‘Neo-Bauhaus’

An ‘old -fashioned’ style featuring ‘simple lines’ is staging a comeback. Guy Liberman wrote a very interesting article in ‘Ha’aretz’ (April 8) of a revival of design in the Bauhaus-, or International Style. “….more and more builders have grasped that magic word ‘Bauhaus’ could attract buyers, in drove, helping to sell even in this economically stressful times” says Leo Levkovitch of BAP construction, “…Bauhaus has something that people are looking for, which will help us focus on the romantic aspect.” The revival of the Bauhaus in Tel Aviv (sic.: that was the name too of an exhibition, I brought to Delft University, Holland, last September!!) may have begun with builders who purchased old buildings constructed in the International Style on the cheap. Today developers are instructing their pet architects to design buildings for … Read entire article »

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