Tel Aviv

Its 4,000+ white buildings have given the name ´White City´ to Tel Aviv. Created in the 1930s and 1940s under the influence of international modernism it was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2003. The building design shows the architectural ideas of numerous, mostly European, architects and display highly specific stylistic features. These particularities and the city´s unique atmosphere are explored in the text and photography of this title and set them both in their historic context and in juxtaposition to classical modernism.