BEST OF THE WEST

If you're looking for some of the best in design that North American architecture has to offer, heed Mr. Greeley's advice to "Go West!" The winners of the Western International Design Awards, 17 in all, display a breadth of approaches, many with acute sensitivity to the regional flavor and people of their locale. The awards were announced at the American Institute of Architects Western International Summit a few weeks ago in Sun Valley, Idaho. Next week Michael J. Crosbie reviews some of the winning buildings.

ISRAEL'S ARCHITECTURE OF HOPE

It was born in Germany. It flourished in Tel Aviv. The Bauhaus modernist movement saw light with the birth of the Weimar Republic, then it was extinguished in Germany with the demise of the republic. But modernism in architecture refused to die. In response to Nazi persecution in the 1930s, many Bauhaus architects fled to Tel Aviv, where they faced the rare opportunity of constructing a new city. Today Tel Aviv is home to one of the greatest concentrations of Bauhaus buildings in the world, and work is underway to preserve them. Next week Lili Eylon describes how these architects met the challenge and influenced the city forever.

A IS FOR APPLE...NO MORE

For architecture buffs looking for a novel approach to the alphabet, consider A is for Arches. In a new children's book by ArchitectureWeek contributing editor Michael Crosbie and photographers Steve and Kit Rosenthal, you'll also learn that G is for Gargoyle and O is for Obelisk. "Arches to Zigzags: An Architecture ABC," with definitions in verse and illustrated with professional photography, will delight "children" of all ages.