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Stamp from the “Architecture in
Israel” series, presenting the Elias
Sourasky Central Library, Tel Aviv
University (design: Oswald Adler,
1974)
‫בול בסדרה "אדריכלות בישראל" המציג את‬
,‫הספרייה המרכזית ע"ש אליאס סוראסקי‬
:‫אוניברסיטת תל־אביב (עיצוב‬
)1974 ,‫אוסוולד אדלר‬

The Jewish National
and Hebrew University
Library (1955-60) and the
Elias Sourasky Central
Library at Tel Aviv University
(1964-68) – two buildings
planned by the firm in the
1950s and 1960s – are both
characterized by their formal
and material massiveness,
clear plans, and simple
layouts that enable easy
access throughout. Despite
their differences, both were
designed as monumental
masses above a pilotis level

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