Herzog & de Meuron   Israel   The design for the National Library of Israel juxtaposes the desire to react to the architectural traditions of the place with the ambition to make a building that is appropriate for our contemporary time – a library that is welcoming, accessible to

SANAA   Israel   The new campus of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design sits atop a hill in Jerusalem’s Russian Compound, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city center. The school’s traditionally separate nine departments contain studios, classrooms, workshops

Foster + Partners   Israel   A new medical research facility located on the campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem serves the scientific community while fostering general public interest in its pioneering activities.

Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation   Israel   In a central public plaza of the city of Holon, a roof equipped with wind mill modules promotes the organization of activities through the interaction in a public digital interface, generating a meeting space that is filled with shaded areas... [+]

Herzog & de Meuron   Israel   The shift from print to digital calls for a rethinking of the library both as an institution and a building typology. To sustain their relevance in the information age, contemporary libraries must function for existing users by providing the operatio

SANAA   Israel   Aiming to promote interaction and communication between the different academic departments and students, the programs are organized in terraces, with stacked slabs that let natural light flood the interior spaces... [+]

Ifat Finkelman Deborah Warschawski   Israel   In contrast with the stone and concrete of the buildings surrounding it, the wood structure proposes an itinerary through a topography of gently rolling rubber mounds and centered around the existing pine tree, to which a pitched roof house clings.

Luis Fernández-Galiano   The tragedy in Gaza is summed up in one image. The Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salem captured with his camera the mourning of the world through two figures intertwined by pain: the 36-year-old woman Inas Abu Maamar embraces the body of her five

Many are the metaphors that have been used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the trials and tribulations of the Middle East: time bomb, lion’s den, hornet’s nest, and so on and so forth. In the way that they each suggest something dist

The Art Newspaper   Anny Shaw   Lisson Gallery has indefinitely put on hold an exhibition of new works by the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, which had been due to open in London this week, following a statement posted by Ai on social media relating to the Israel-Hamas war.

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Like Samson in his captivity, Israel is eyeless in Gaza. Captured and blinded, the Israeli hero regained his phenomenal strength to tear down the columns that held up the temple and make his enemies perish with him. The Biblical story inspired a poem

This magazine has tried to cover the events that have marked our time, and so we did with the destruction of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers by the 9/11 attacks, the urbicide in the Balkan Wars, the lockdown during the pandemic, and the ongoing

Israel and Palestine

Israel, Palestine: October 7. As with other historic events, such as 9/11, the pandemic, or the Ukraine war, Arquitectura Viva has with a journalistic spirit sought to take stock of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which came to a head on 7 Oct

The firm of Massimiliano Fuksas and Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas has been selected to construct the new International Congress Center in Jerusalem, which is envisioned to be the largest building of its kind in the entire Middle East. Characterized by urb

Fuksas   The project designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas insists on an area of 270,000 square meters and includes: a congress center, a hotel, two business towers, residences, a large square. The goal is to consolidate and expand the cultural voc

Wolf Foundation   Over a long and distinguished career spanning 50 years, Moshe Safdie has produced a body of work of great originality and artistry in the field of architecture and urbanism. He is also a distinguished educator and in his numerous publications he has

A cornerstone laying ceremony was recently held at the site of the new National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, designed by the Swiss partnership Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with the Tel Aviv firm Mann Shinar. The building stands on a slo

The firm Herzog & de Meuron was selected to build Israel’s new National Library in Jerusalem, wrapping up a process that began with the selection of the proposal submitted by USbased Israeli Rafi Segal, which authorship issues eventually prevented fr

El proyecto del israelí Rafi Segal es el ganador del concurso para la nueva sede de la Biblioteca Nacional de Israel en Jerusalén, que ha sido organizado por dicha institución y la Fundación Rothschild, desarrollándose en varias fases y contando con

La Fundación Wolf, con sede en Israel, concede desde 1978 sus premios, consistentes en 100.000 dólares y un diploma, a científicos y artistas excepcionales. En la edición de 2010 el premio de las artes ha reconocido a dos arquitectos: el estadouniden

La organización no gubernamental Centro Peres para la Paz estrena nueva sede en Jaffa, ciudad portuaria al sur de Tel Aviv. El paralelepípedo de fachada de hormigón y tiras de vidrio, diseñado por Massimiliano y Doriana Fuksas, ha logrado completars

Jerusalén inaugura nuevo acceso en el extremo este de la ciudad: un puente de 360 metros proyectado por Santiago Calatrava que se eleva sobre un nudo viario y que combina el paso de trenes ligeros —un sistema de transportes impulsado por el Ayuntamie

Luis Fernández-Galiano   The Alhambra of Granada was the backdrop of the awarding of the Aga Khan architectural prizes, which throw an unexpected light on the Islamic world.