Archinect - News2024-12-25T13:03:59-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150027757/new-rothschild-tower-by-richard-meier-partners-completes-in-tel-aviv-s-white-city
New Rothschild Tower by Richard Meier & Partners Completes in Tel Aviv's White City Mackenzie Goldberg2017-09-11T14:10:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/14/14r5zphx46fwowz0.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9322/tel-aviv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tel Aviv</a> has the largest concentration of buildings in the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9399/bauhaus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bauhaus</a>/International Style of any city in the world. With a collection of over 4,000 buildings covering almost one and a half square miles, the White City, as it is called, was largely created in the 1930s by a group of 200 German Jewish architects fleeing Nazi Germany who were heavily influenced by Bauhaus principles as well as modernists like <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/8829/le-corbusier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Le Corbusier</a> and Erich Mendelsohn. </p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r8/r8ff5p9jrty4v2fu.jpeg?w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r8/r8ff5p9jrty4v2fu.jpeg?w=514"></a><figcaption>Photo Credit: Roland Halbe.</figcaption></figure></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qs/qsft3phi29eo38oc.jpeg?w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qs/qsft3phi29eo38oc.jpeg?w=514"></a><figcaption>Photo Credit: Roland Halbe.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>Drawing on this rich architectural history, <a href="https://archinect.com/richardmeierpartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Meier & Partners</a> have just completed a new residential tower that draws inspiration from the Bauhaus design principles of its neighbors in the heart of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/619246/world-heritage-site" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>. Meier commented on the surroundings saying "the great thing about the site is that it's related to the whole city; it's related to all of the wonderful buildings of the 1930s and to the historic buildings of Rothschild Boulevard. It makes me very happy to be in s...</p>