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Article: Zvi Hecker: art museum, Ramat Gan, Israel.(Culture)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Originally an agricultural settlement on the edge of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan has mushroomed to a fully fledged city, housing Israel's national stadium, a major diamond exchange, and the country's tallest office tower. Here, around 16 years ago, Zvi Hecker also built his famous Spiral apartment block (AR October 1990), an ebullient architectural bricolage, notable for the anecdote that Hecker (allegedly) took potshots at the building during construction (he lived across the street from the site), when he considered workmanship standards below par.
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This latest project sees Hecker returning to Ramat Gan, ...