Architecture and Art

In Israel three famous architectural buildings are the Shrine of the Bab, the Bat Yam Town Hall, and Israeli Supreme Court building. 


The Shrine of Bab, is on Mount Carmel in Haifa Isreal. Here the remains of Bab are kept.  The shrine also has beautiful gardens that have attracted numerous amounts of tourists. The Bat Yam Town Hall is built in the form of an ancient ziggurat. The building incorporates colorful Islamic lattice-work. The supreme court building was donated to Israel by Dorthy de Rothschild. Paul Goldberg explains in an  New York Times article on August 3, 1995, "The structure, in fact, consists of three main sections: a square library wing within which is set a round courtyard containing a copper-clad pyramid, a rectangular administrative wing containing judges' chambers arrayed around a cloistered courtyard and a wing containing five courtrooms, all of which extend like fingers from a great main hall." 
Paul Goldberger,"ARCHITECTURE VIEW; A Public Work That Ennobles As It Serves," The New York Times, August 3, 1995

Photo by: Tomhab. Shrine of the Bab from North West. Wikipedia: April 25, 2005, Web, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shrine_Bab_North_West.jpg

Photo: Bat Yam Town Hall. Web. http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/2/Art/Israeli_Art/Architecture.shtml

Photo by: Almog. Supreme Court of Isreal, Jerusalem. Taken from Crown Plaza Hotel. Wikipedia: 2006, Web, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elyon.JPG


References: "Shrine of the Bab," Wikipedia. Last modified Dec 19, 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Báb
"Architecture in Isreal," My Jewish Learning. Accessed Jan 3, 2012, http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/2/Art/Israeli_Art/Architecture.shtml


Goldberg, P. 1995. ARCHITECTURE VIEW; A Public Work That Ennobles As It Serves. New York Times, August 13.