"From the froth of a wave and a cloud I built myself a white city"
Second in a 2-part series on Tel Aviv's "White City", the world's largest collection of modernist-style architecture. I discuss how in the 1930s a radical architecture style largely developed in Northern Europe took hold in a new city on the shores of the Mediterranean.
To explore further:
- UNESCO world heritage listing of the White City
- Wikipedia on the Dreyfuss Affair
- History of Aliyahs
- The Balfour Declaration
- The Geddes Plan
- Detailed article about the Ha'avarah agreement
- Wikipedia on functionalist architecture. Interestingly it doesn't mention Tel Aviv
- 1936 Punch cartoon on functionalist architecture- Do tell me you loathe it!
Email feedback and suggestions to talkingmodernism@gmail.com
Photo credit: Bialik House, 1925 The Times of Tel Aviv
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