Tel Aviv City Hall
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The Tel Aviv City Hall is the center of the government of Tel Aviv
, Israel
, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Tel Aviv City Council.
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In 1928, the city bought the hotel building at 27 Bialik Street, next to the original City Hall. For the next forty years they remained there. However, the rapidly expanding city had outgrown the small building. For this reason it was decided to build a new town hall.
The building was designed in the 50s by the architect
Menachem Cohen, in the Brutalist style
. The project was selected in 1957.
City Hall was built on the largest town square, which was to function as a central resource for events, rallies, demonstrations, festivals and ceremonies. Politicians could watch the ceremony from the top floors of the building. According to the original plan, the entrance to the town hall was to be located on the side of the square. However, this entrance was rarely used (mainly due to problems with access for disabled persons) and the role of the main entrance to the hall fell entrance on Ibn Gabirol Street
.
Moving offices to the new town hall took place between 1966 to 1968. The new Town Hall is not owned by the Tel Aviv municipality, but rented. Currently, preparations are ongoing for a thorough modernization of the town hall, in this consideration are plans to build underground parking.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Tel Aviv City Council.
History
The City Administration was initially established by the water tower on Rothschild BoulevardRothschild Boulevard
Rothschild Boulevard is one of the principal streets in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, beginning in Neve Tzedek at its southwestern edge and running north to Habima Theatre. It is one of the busiest and most expensive streets in the city, being one of the city's main tourist attractions...
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In 1928, the city bought the hotel building at 27 Bialik Street, next to the original City Hall. For the next forty years they remained there. However, the rapidly expanding city had outgrown the small building. For this reason it was decided to build a new town hall.
The building was designed in the 50s by the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Menachem Cohen, in the Brutalist style
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
. The project was selected in 1957.
City Hall was built on the largest town square, which was to function as a central resource for events, rallies, demonstrations, festivals and ceremonies. Politicians could watch the ceremony from the top floors of the building. According to the original plan, the entrance to the town hall was to be located on the side of the square. However, this entrance was rarely used (mainly due to problems with access for disabled persons) and the role of the main entrance to the hall fell entrance on Ibn Gabirol Street
Ibn Gabirol Street
Ibn Gabirol Street is a major street in Tel Aviv, Israel.Ibn Gabirol Street is named after the medieval Hebrew poet and philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol...
.
Moving offices to the new town hall took place between 1966 to 1968. The new Town Hall is not owned by the Tel Aviv municipality, but rented. Currently, preparations are ongoing for a thorough modernization of the town hall, in this consideration are plans to build underground parking.