Zionist Architecture and Town Planning: The Building of Tel Aviv (1919-1929)

by Nathan Harpaz

Established as a Jewish settlement in 1909 and dedicated a year later, Tel Aviv has grown over the last century to become Israel?s financial center and the country?s second largest city. This book examines a major period in the city?s establishment when Jewish architects moved from Europe, including Alexander Levy of Berlin, and attempted to establish a new style of Zionist urbanism in the years after World War I. The author explores the interplay...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557536732
• ISBN13: 9781557536730
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"