Architecture of Israel

Architecture of Israel

The architecture of Israel is composed of many different styles of building brought in by those who have occupied the country over the ages, sometimes modified to suit the local climate and landscape. Fortified Crusader castles, Islamic madrassas, Byzantine churches, Templer houses, Bauhaus-style modernist buildings, Arab arches and minarets, Russian Orthodox onion domes, and soaring glass-sided skyscrapers - all are part of the architecture of Israel. The Arabs built small stone houses on the hillsides with flat or dome roofs. The Crusaders built fortresses on strategic hilltops. The Christians built churches to mark sites where Jesus walked. The Templers built homes with tiled roofs like those in the German countryside. The British Mandatory authorities passed a law requiring all construction in Jerusalem to be of Jerusalem stone and introduced the idea of garden suburbs. In the early years of statehood, Israel built rows of concrete tenements to accommodate the masses of new immigrants to replace the huts, tents and packing crates of the maabarot. ["Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel", edited by Raphael Patai, Herzl Press, McGraw, New York, 1971 "Architecture and Town Planning in Israel," Vol. 1, pp. 71-76] Tel Aviv's White City of Tel Aviv has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Recently, skyscrapers have begun to dominate the urban landscape. The Moshe Aviv Tower in Ramat Gan is the tallest building in Israel to date.

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External links

*"A little modesty goes a long way" David Kroyanker http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/990951.html
*"Fifty years of Israeli architecture" David Kroyanker http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA+Publications/Photo+exhibits/Fifty+Years+of+Israeli+Architecture+as+Reflected+i.htm?DisplayMode=print
*"Jerusalem: Architecture in the late Ottoman Period" Lili Eylonhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerott.html


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