Crazy New Tel-Aviv Port

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Not sure how we missed this, but we recently saw some pics of the new Tel-Aviv port, designed by Israeli firm Mayslits Kassif Architects in collaboration with Galila Yavin, and it blew us away. We caught the pics, of all places, on Kanye West's blog. West and worldarchitecturenews.com had this to say: Situated on one of Israel's most breathtaking waterfronts, the Tel Aviv Port was plagued with neglect since 1965, when its primary use as an operational docking port was abandoned. The recently completed public space development project by Mayslits Kassif Architects, managed to restore this unique part of the city, and turn it into a prominent, vivacious urban landmark. The architects saw the Tel Aviv Port project as an opportunity to construct a public space which challenges the common contrast between private and public...

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