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represent a new Brutalist
generation of urban office
and commercial buildings
which demonstrate a
different design and
climatic sensibility. In
contrast to the organic-
curving lines of buildings
such as Beit Hadar (1952,
planned by Carl Rubin) or
the Kupat Holim Center
(1938, planned by Joseph
Nuefeld) – both Beit Sokolov
and the Agriculture Bank
have grid-patterned
facades typical of office
buildings conceptualized
as “containers of work
spaces,” whose exteriors
reflect the layout of the
spaces within. The entrances
to these buildingsare
designed with accentuating-
expressive components,

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