{"product_id":"the-object-of-zionism-the-architecture-of-israel-hardcover","title":"The Object of Zionism: The Architecture of Israel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZvi Efrat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Destined to become a contemporary classic.\" --Eyal Weizman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContrary to popular belief, the architecture and spatial politics of the State of Israel were not born haphazardly out of emergency or speculation. The Israeli built environment is the deliberate response to a unique objective--how to design and build a model state nearly instantaneously. To do this, space had to be remade: a new terrain was molded, and dozens of new towns and hundreds of rural settlements were constructed. Fashionable postwar architectural trends like Brutalism and Structuralism were appropriated as signifiers of national vigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Object of Zionism\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical study of Zionist spatial planning and the architectural fabrication of the State of Israel from the early 20th century to the 1960s and '70s. Zvi Efrat scrutinizes Israel as a singular modernist project, unprecedented in its political and ethical circumstances and its hyper-production of spatial and structural experiments. Efrat explores the construction of the State of Israel in a book that promises to become a standard reference on Israeli architectural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArchitect and architectural historian \u003cb\u003eZvi Efrat\u003c\/b\u003e is a partner at Efrat-Kowalsky Architects in Tel-Aviv and was head of the Department of Architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, between 2002 and 2010. He studied at Pratt Institute, New York University and Princeton University and has curated numerous exhibitions, among them \u003ci\u003eBorderline Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Object of Zionism\u003c\/i\u003e. Efrat is a Graham Foundation awardee.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1000\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9.7 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769722831136,"sku":"9783959051330","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d9a0d4e48a43aa4c5b41232370bc44b2.jpg?v=1780354602","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-object-of-zionism-the-architecture-of-israel-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}