JWAJournal of World Architecture2208-34802208-3499Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/jwa.v9i5.12534ArticleA Dialogue Between a New Building and the Existing Historical Environment: A Case Study of the Residential Building at the Historic Heart of Tel Avivhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/JWA/9/5/10.26689/jwa.v9i5.12534PortugaliNili2025952025-10-31Preserving the spirit of a historical environment does not necessarily mean a repetition of its language generated by nostalgia. The aim of this article is to present the way I was trying to form a real dialogue between a new modern residential building and the existing historic urban district of the city of Tel Aviv, neither by reconstructing the past nor dissociating from it by enforcing a completely new order. A district that already provided a unique interface between Eastern and Western architecture, being a micro-document of the architectural history of Tel Aviv from 1920 to 1930.

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