Avraham Kaviri
Kaviri’s architectural designs blend the International Style with local building traditions, creating functional and aesthetically pleasing structures that stand as testaments to the architectural innovation and creativity characterizing the Zionist movement’s early years and modern Israeli architecture.
Beit Rubin Museum
Constructed in 1930, the artist-house-museum on 14 Bialik Street opened to the public in 1983, following Reuven Rubin’s will and the agreement reached with Tel Aviv’s Mayor, Shlomo Lahat, in 1974. A choice selection from the Museum’s permanent collection is regularly on display, replaced periodically by guest exhibitions focusing on Israeli art.
Beit Ha ir The Urban Culture Museum of Tel Aviv
Altering exhibitions on the gallery floor, a visit to Meir Dizengoff’s reconstructed chambers, a virtual tour of the “Tel Aviv Time Machine” (a computerized database about the city’s history: rare archive materials, video footage and photos), an impression of the illustrated tile floor and the historic staircase, a visit to the study at the house’s upper floor, which contains a rich variety of nonfiction, prose and poetry books and a view of the city’s roofs from the balcony.
Bialik House
The house of the national poet, Haim Nahman Bialik, one of Tel Aviv’s most authentic and beautiful houses.
The castle like house was built in 1924, upon Bialik’s arrival at the Land of Israel, and was the city’s spiritual and cultural center. The magnificent architecture, the inner decoration and its authentic preservation, the strict matching of colours and the garden, nourished by the poet himself, all induced a stately atmosphere befitting the poet’s residence.
What’s at the site: a visit combining an aesthetic, sensory and intellectual experience. Once can see a combination of architectural styles, works of art from the poet’s private collection, authentic furniture, a rich library and a new permanent exhibition which illuminates Bialik’s image with the full richness of his creation and cultural activity.
For the general public: pre coordinated guidance: the Bialik House Education and Guidance Department offers a rich variety of tours and activities, suited for different age groups, from kindergarten children to high school pupils and adults. During the visit the children are introduced to Bialik’s personal and creative world, his poems and stories. The children are exposed to the sources of his inspiration and to his activities in the field of Hebrew culture through various experiential activities: a shadow theatre, music, letter and word games, creative processes and writing poems. The guidance places an emphasis on Bialik’s role in the revival of the Hebrew language. During the adult tour the visitors are exposed to Bialik’s creation, thinking and his entire activity as the architect of Hebrew culture. The visit to the house also provides a new and current perspective on Bialik’s figure, and includes a discussion which examines the meaning of his creation as a basis for understanding Israeli -Hebrew culture today.
For children: the children’s room offers the possibility to listen to Bialik’s poems and stories as well to read the various children literature which he translated and enjoy the illustrations in his books.
Bauhaus Hidden Treasures: Tel Aviv’s Most Beautiful Stairwells
Tel Aviv is full of Bauhaus gems. Next time you stroll around Rothschild Boulevard in Lev Ha’Ir, just take a quick peek into some the staircases of Bauhaus buildings. The more run down, the better as they are more likely to have retained some of the original features.
How Tel Aviv Became the City of the Bauhaus
Before the movement arrived in British Palestine, there was no concerted and uniformed approach to urban planning and architecture. New buildings were designed along the local traditions, much in the same way you’d find in Beyrouth at the time and the art nouveau that was so in vogue at the time.
