Bauhaus Tel Aviv : An Architectural Guide

Bauhaus Tel Aviv : An Architectural Guide

Israeli architecture was and is still influenced by the International Style, and specifically by the Bauhaus school, with some local modifications. The Bauhaus approach to design began permeating into what was then Palestine under the British Mandate, and developed quickly and strongly in the emerging state of Israel. The International Style was introduced into the country by young architects, many of German extraction, some of whom had trained or taught at the Bauhaus, most of whom came with their families to to escape Nazism. Others came from Russia and Poland, competing their studies in Europe, absorbing the then emerging ideas of the International Style. The will to build a new society, uninfluenced by older European traditions caught on readily, and the simple forms of the Bauhaus were applied. Tel Aviv contains up to 1000 buildings in the Bauhaus idiom, designed using simple geometry, usually inexpensive buildings on small, regular, parcels of land. The technologwas also simple, using plastered and stuccoed block and concrete construction in a country lacking the elaboration of more traditional and expensive materials. This book describes a heritage that is only now being conserved and appreciated.
Country USA
Manufacturer Batsford
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 180 colour & black & white photographs a
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780713487923
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Batsford
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	180 colour & black & white photographs a
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780713487923
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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