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1950s Culture Houses

Agricultural Research Station, Beit Dagan, 1955;
Moshav Beit Herut; Moshav Beit Hanan

During the first half of the 1950s, the firm planned a
number of culture houses for the labor settlements.
Prominent among these are the culture houses at the
Agriculture Research Station Beit Dagan and in Moshav
Beit Herut. The two buildings share similar features:
both are situated at the edge of paved squares and have
slanted roofs. The connection between the buildings and
their surrounding is enhanced via windows on the side
walls of the halls, and the covered balconies that extend
around them. In Beit Dagan the hall has wide windows that
open to the south, and an internal courtyard enclosed in a
type of vestibule with covered pillars. Stained glasswork
was incorporated in a number of the apertures.

Culture House, Beit Dagan
Agricultural Station, 1955
‫ הקריה החקלאית‬,‫בית תרבות‬
1955 ,‫בית־דגן‬

p. 222: Culture House, Beit Dagan
Agricultural Station: internal
courtyard, 1955
‫ הקריה החקלאית‬,‫ בית תרבות‬:222 '‫עמ‬
1955 ,‫ חצר פנימית‬:‫בית־דגן‬

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