Contemporary Bauhaus on the Carmel

Architect and design: Pitsou Kedem Architect (Pitsou Kedem, Irene Goldberg, and Hagar Tzvi)

Location: Haifa, Israel

Photography: Amit Geron

This house imitates the Bauhaus style, which had its heyday in Israel in the 1950s, twenty years after it began in Germany. The Bauhaus style is characterized by simplicity in its lines, uniformity in color, and spatial continuity, attaching importance to light and ventilation. The roof hovers over the building, consolidating the various parts of the structure.

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The bonsai’s curves give the space an Oriental air and contrast with the pool, the glass walls, and the house’s structure of simple, geometric lines.