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Leo Baeck Education Center,
Haifa: model, 1966
1966 ,‫ דגם‬:‫ חיפה‬,‫מרכז חינוך ע"ש ליאו בק‬

or the Carmel emphasize,
and at the same time defy,
the landscape with their
fortress-like outlines. These
buildings – influenced by the
structuralist attitude then
prevalent at the Technion,
also brought in by the firm’s
fourth partner (from 1966-70)
Moshe Gil – were planned
like miniature cities, each
with a central axis (“street”)
connecting the limbs and
channeling the circulation
toward a main square, a
focal point for gatherings.

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