Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future

Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future
Designed by Ian Bader of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, The First International Bank of Israel preserves parts of two smaller 1920s buildings that occupy the same site on Rothschild Boulevard.
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Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future
Preston Scott Cohen, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has designed a triangular, 172,000-square-foot addition to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, doubling its size.
Image courtesy Preston Scott Cohen

Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future
Inside the museum, a central atrium extends through three levels above grade and three below. Its curving facades will be clad in faceted stonework.
Image courtesy Preston Scott Cohen

Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future
In Jaffa, Tel Aviv's southern section, Massimiliano Fuksas has designed the Peres Peace House. Construction is underway and will finish in 2008.
Image courtesy M Fuksas Arch

Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future
The Peres Peace House is faced with strips of prefabricated green concrete alternating with clear glass.
Image courtesy M Fuksas Arch
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