BUILDING HERTITAGE IN BRNO In the heart of Europe, Brno is proud of its architectural reminders of the past, many of which are being revitalized today. Modernist buildings of the 1920s and 30s, including the Tugendhadt Villa by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, are receiving renewed international attention and inspiring new construction. — Published 2001.0307
	ERICH MENDELSOHN - ORIENTAL FROM EAST PRUSSIA He could easily have been forgotten: he founded no school, there was no institutionalized follow-up to his ideas, and his achievements have been too often ignored. His buildings, created by in Germany, Poland, Russia, Norway, Great Britain, Israel, and the United States were very influential in their day. But only recently has the importance of Erich Mendelsohn been acknowledged once more. — Published 2001.0124
	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. The Bauhaus ideas, expressed mainly in architecture, were socially, economically, artistically, and technologically progressive. And they were anathema to the totalitarian, anti-humanistic Nazi regime. The Bauhaus school was therefore closed soon after the Nazis' rise to power, and its proponents persecuted. — Published 2000.1129
	PRESERVING JERUSALEM In Jerusalem, as in many old cities around the world, there is a constant need to balance the historic with the modern. Tens of civilizations have left their mark in this city during its 4000-year-old history. The inhabitants, after centuries of living within the city walls, began in the second half of the 19th century to move outside the walls. — Published 2000.1004
	VIRTUAL JERUSALEM Throughout the centuries Jerusalem has meant many things to many people. And perhaps for that reason, it has been besieged and conquered by the armies of many nations. These days, Jerusalem, home to 600,000 inhabitants, is being captured differently. It is all happening quietly in a Jerusalem basement. — Published 2000.0906

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