Bauhaus Center

Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv

Bauhaus Center Building
Established 2000
Location 99 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates 32°04′45″N 34°46′25″E / 32.079274°N 34.773724°E / 32.079274; 34.773724
Type Architecture
Director Micha Gross, Shlomit Gross, Asher Ben-Shmuel
Website www.bauhaus-center.com

The Bauhaus Center is an organization dedicated to creating a platform for Bauhaus architecture and design in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. Buildings designed in the International Style, commonly known as Bauhaus, comprise most of the center of Tel Aviv known as The White City. The vision behind the Center is to raise awareness of the Bauhaus heritage and be part of the cultural and artistic development in Tel Aviv.

History

The Bauhaus Center was founded by Asher Ben Shmuel, Micha Gross and Shlomit Gross in 2000. It is located at 99 Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, Israel. The founders recognized the need to document the history and patrimony of the Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv. They established the Center in order to increase people's awareness of this heritage, and to expose the Bauhaus as a style that crosses boundaries between different art media.

The Center has been collaborating closely with the Israel National Commission for UNESCO since the designation of Tel Aviv as a World Heritage Site in 2003.[1] The Center also cooperates with the Municipality of Tel Aviv and several educational institutions, galleries, museums and associations of engineering and architecture.

Structure

Other museums

Other small museums dedicated to the Bauhaus movement in Tel Aviv are Bauhaus Museum on 21 Bialik Street, and the soon to open Max-Liebling House on 29 Idelson Street.

See also

References

  1. "White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement". UNESCO. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  2. Esther Zandberg (October 15, 2003). תערוכה על שימור הבאוהאוס בת"א [Exhibition on Preservation of Bauhaus in Tel Aviv]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 2, 2014.

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