BAUHAUS in Tel Aviv & Pedestrian-Oriented Buildings

It makes sense, once one thinks about it, that there should be a lot of BAUHAUS in Tel Aviv

The city of Tel Aviv is literally an open museum of the International Style in architecture.

During the 1930s, while the modernist movement in art reached its apogee in Europe, the city of Tel Aviv was in a stage of intensive development. Most of the architects working in the new city at that time were of European background and brought with them the ideas of the modernist movement.

These architects, influenced by the works of Le Corbusier, Erich Mendelsohn, and the Bauhaus School of Art and Design, constructed a large number of buildings in the central area of Tel Aviv.

In light of the huge amount of very bad so-called Modernist architecture which ignores and damages the street, consider in particular the buildings shown in images # 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, and 18 on the link. They appear to be exemplary urban buildings. I suggest that these photos show, if it is not already logically obvious, that one does not need "Traditional" architecture to create a good urban, pedestrian-oriented streetscape. Or, in other words, site plan trumps architecture.

Comments

[Leanne]

Hi,

I found this article very interesting and I was wondering if there are more articles in which you mention Bauhaus in Tel Aviv?

A couple of friends and I have started a website about Tel Aviv (www.telavivguide.net). I was wondering if you have any other pieces you have written about Bauhaus or Tel Aviv you might want to share with our site's visitors?
Take a look at the site and see what you think, maybe we can do some link exchanging?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks for your time,

Leanne
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leanne@telavivguide.net