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Author:   Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler ,  Anat Geva ,  Mohammad Gharipour (Morgan State University, USA) ,  Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan, USA)
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9781789380644

ISBN 10:   1789380642
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   15 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler and Anat Geva Part I: Modern Experiments in Rural and Urban Design Chapter 1: The Experimental Integrative Habitation Unit as a Modern Experimental Lab in Israel by Yair Barak Chapter 2: From A-Locality to Locality: The Gur Neighbourhood in Hatzor HaGlili by Oryan Shachar Chapter 3: Un-Settling Established Narratives: The West Bank ‘Communal Settlement’ as Architecture and Planning Lab by Yael Allweil Chapter 4: Landscape Modernism and the Kibbutz: The Work of Shmuel Bickels (1909–1975) by Elissa Rosenberg Part II: Public Architecture as Testing Ground Chapter 5: A Museum In Between: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1965 by Eliyahu Keller Chapter 6: Genia Averbuch: Modernism Meets the Vernacular: Youth Villages for New Immigrants, 1948–1955 by Sigal Davidi Chapter 7: The Modern Israeli Synagogue as an Experiment in Jewish Tradition by Naomi Simhony Chapter 8: Israeli Architecture at a Turning Point: Designs for the Israeli Center for Technological Awareness, 1978 by Jeremy Kargon Part III: Considering Climate Chapter 9: Minus 400 and Over 40 Degrees: Architecture in the Dead Sea, 1948–1971 by Daphne Binder and Theodore Kofman Chapter 10: Architectonic Experimentation in Early Israeli Architecture Vis-à-Vis Climatic Constraints: The Case of the Negev Desertby Isaac A. Meir, Rachel Bernstein and Keren Shalev Chapter 11: The Other Side of Climate: The Unscientific Nature of Climatic Architectural Design in Israel by Or Aleksandrowicz Part IV: Reflections Abroad Chapter 12: Building and Re-Building a Nation’s Identity: Israeli and Italian Architectural Culture, Their Representation and the Role of Bruno Zevi (1918–2000) by Matteo Cassani Simonetti Chapter 13: Prefabricating Nativism: The Design of the Israeli Knesset, 1956–1966 and the Sierra Leone Parliament, 1960–1964 by Ayala Levin

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'Israel as a Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, [is] another manifestation of [the] renewed appreciation of early state architecture and adds to our collective understanding of the role concrete played in Israel's magnificent construction.' -- Liam Hoare, Tel Aviv Review of Books

'Israel as a Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, [is] another manifestation of [the] renewed appreciation of early state architecture and adds to our collective understanding of the role concrete played in Israel's magnificent construction.' -- Liam Hoare, Tel Aviv Review of Books 'Israel as a Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, 1948-1978 makes an important contribution to this growing body of literature by bringing together case studies of different kinds of buildings in a variety of sites across Israel and outside the country. [...] The book covers diverse landscapes, it also leaves a number of areas for future investigation. [...] An invaluable addition to the study of Israeli architecture, but it will also be of interest to anyone studying the relationship between modernist architecture and nation building more generally.' -- Noam Shoked, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Author Information

Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler is a senior lecturer at Sapir Academic College and an adjunct lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Anat Geva is professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

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