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1955–60 The Jewish National and
University Library, the
Hebrew University, Givat
Ram, Jerusalem

Collaboration with architects Amnon Alexandroni, Ziva
Armoni, Hanan Havron, Avraham Yasky, Shimon Powsner
First prize in competition

The “National Book House” or “National Library” was
established in 1892 by the B’nai B’rith Organization,
becoming the Jewish National and Hebrew University
Library in 1925, with the founding of the Hebrew
University on Mount Scopus. During the 1948 War of
Independence, when the campus was under Jordanian
rule, the books were dispersed between various buildings
in Jerusalem, until 1960, when they were regathered and
placed in a designated building on the University’s new
campus in Givat Ram. The building’s design project was
given to three teams of architects who had proposed
plans in a competition. Thus, the Nadler architect firm
gained the opportunity to work on its first in a long series

Site plan presenting the Hebrew
University Givat Ram Campus with
the National Library
at its center, 1955
‫תוכנית אתר המציגה את קמפוס‬
‫האוניברסיטה העברית בגבעת רם עם בית‬
1955 ,‫הספרים הלאומי במרכזה‬

p. 152: Eastern façade, 1960
1960 ,‫ חזית מזרחית‬:152 '‫עמ‬

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