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Artist's rendering of 'Between the cities,' a planned Tel Aviv 100-story skyscraper (courtesy Miloslavsky Architects)
June 7, 2018, 4:42 pm
Tel Aviv green-lights plans for tallest skyscraper in country
Bein Arim Tower, to be built near Savidor train station, slated to be 100 stories high
By JTA
The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, with Mughrabi Ascent bridge in foreground (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 29, 2018, 6:24 pm
In Venice, Israel exhibits 1,600 years of architects’ fixes for religious rifts
Through November, the Biennale’s Israel Pavilion highlights seemingly permanent struggles at religious sites and their transient stopgap solutions
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Executive producer Brad Pitt attends the premiere of Netflix's "Okja" on June 8, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
April 25, 2018, 3:21 pm
Brad Pitt’s rumored new girlfriend is Israeli MIT professor Neri Oxman
The Hollywood star seems to be talking about more than just home design with the wildly accomplished Haifa-born architect
By Tracy Frydberg
Gail Asper with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Moe Levy, executive director of the Asper Foundation in Winnipeg. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2018, 12:56 pm
Canadian heiress throws millions into massive Tel Aviv-based Jewish hall of fame
The catch? Gail Asper still needs millions more for her dream $400-million Frank Gehry-designed museum, aimed at reframing the Jewish narrative and showcasing achievement
By Robert Sarner
The envisioned facades of Villa Rothschild, extending from 62 to 66 Rothschild Boulevard, with architect Joseph Berlin's eclectic-styled Awad House at the center (Courtesy Bar Orian Architects)
March 24, 2018, 7:41 am
In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design
New project on famed Tel Aviv street fuses historic 1920s house with multi-million dollar luxury buildings
By Jessica Steinberg
Architect Richard Meier speaks as he honored at the Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards on Ellis Island on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
March 14, 2018, 9:55 am
5 women accuse architect Richard Meier of sexual harassment
‘Troubled and embarrassed’ prominent US architect takes 6-month leave amid allegations he dragged a coworker to bedroom, grabbed another’s underwear
By AP
Bill Slott
January 17, 2018, 3:11 pm
Bill Slott
The Mazor mausoleum
A house built to defy death is the only Roman-era building in Israel to have survived from floor to ceiling
A picture taken on December 18, 2017 shows Israelis visiting the National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen next to the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, which contains the names of every man and woman who died during their military or security service since 1860. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
January 11, 2018, 8:54 am
Mount Herzl memorial to fallen, an architectural gem, up for top design prize
Built of ‘stone, concrete and light,’ site meant to give space for grief and educating public, reflecting a shift in commemoration from the collective to the personal
By Jonah Mandel
Gerard Heumann
December 26, 2017, 3:15 pm
Gerard Heumann
The perils of residential towers
Consider Ir Yamim, a high-rise complex on the Mediterranean that essentially ignores the precious sea views
At the 'Auschwitz Synagogue' in Oswiecim, Poland, October 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
December 3, 2017, 11:40 am
In the shadow of Auschwitz, Jewish life once flowed with spirits
Before the Nazis erased centuries of Jewish life in Oswiecim, Poland, the town was called a ‘city of Israel,’ with thriving Yiddish culture and one of Poland’s first factories
By Matt Lebovic
The facade of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, depicting neuronal connections in the brain. (Foster + Partners / Hebrew University)
November 23, 2017, 5:26 pm
Environment- and user-friendly workplaces will define architecture, UK firm says
Spencer de Grey, head of design at UK firm Foster + Partners, breaks down how tech culture is reshaping buildings
By Shoshanna Solomon
The SAP building in the Ra'anana industrial area, designed by Yashar Architects Ltd. (Courtesy Uri Porat)
November 23, 2017, 5:25 pm
As buildings evolve in Startup Nation, architects create space for work and play
Offices designed for Israel’s tech industry are growing greener and more user-friendly, to keep employees’ ideas flowing
By Shoshanna Solomon
It's all in the architectural details, explains the 'Jerusalem in Detail' exhibit at the Israel Museum, and as shown in this photo of 222 Jaffa Road, where blue ceramic tiles can be seen above the second set of arched windows, and in the circles above the first floor windows (Courtesy Aviad Bar Ness)
October 26, 2017, 5:48 pm
It’s all in the details in architectural exhibit at Israel Museum
‘Jerusalem in Detail’ brings David Kroyanker’s latest work, a four-volume treatise on the ancient city, to the museum gallery
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of architect Albert Speer Jr. (YouTube/wissenschaftsjahr)
September 17, 2017, 10:09 pm
German architect Albert Speer, who knew Hitler as ‘a nice uncle,’ dead at 83
Eldest son of top Nazi war criminal known as ‘the devil’s architect,’ Speer Jr. cooperated with historical researchers to shed light on his father’s legacy
By AFP and TOI staff
Scene from 'Red Trees' (Cohen Media Group)
September 9, 2017, 2:34 pm
Impressionistic visual essay ‘Red Trees’ reinvents Holocaust film genre
Opening September 15, lyrical documentary about a father’s survival and immigration to Brazil allows his filmmaker daughter to learn his family’s tragic story for the first time
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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