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1948–57 Beit Sokolov Journalists
Association House, Tel Aviv

First prize in competition

The planning competition for the Journalist Association
House, situated in what at the time was the eastern edge
of Tel Aviv, was held in July 1948. The Nadlers’ proposal,
one of 24 submitted, presented a complex with three
connected buildings of two and three stories engulfing
an internal courtyard. The central wing, facing the main
street, was shaped as a horizontal box containing two
conference and lecture halls (135 seats and 328 seats
each), a reading hall, offices and a restaurant. The roof
floor has a wide balcony and a library. The design of the
central façade intentionally emphasizes the building’s
public function. Therefore, it is raised above street level
and is entered through a wide staircase leading to a

Model, 1948
1948 ,‫דגם‬
p. 356: Entrance lobby, 1957
1957 ,‫ מבואת הכניסה‬:356 '‫עמ‬

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