BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1@ouisrael.org DTSTART:20130813T080000Z DTEND:20130831T170000Z DTSTAMP:20130903T124519Z URL:https://www.ouisrael.org/events/an-architectural-tour-of-haifa/ SUMMARY:An Architectural Tour of Haifa DESCRIPTION:An Architectural Tour of Some Special Sites\nin and around the City of Haifa\nLed by Ron Traub\nArchitect and Tour Guide\n\nOn Wednesday\ , June 5th 2013\n\nFrom 8:00 A.M. to 5 P.M. approx.\nARCHITECTURE – A ph ysical manifestation of the prevailing times\nTHE COPPER HOUSE\nIs an exam ple of prefabricated housing which first made its appearance during the Ma ndate Period. All parts of the structure were assembled in a factory\, tra nsported to the site and reassembled on site. Assembly on site could take as little as one day\, &\; it was hoped that this could solve the housi ng shortage which was prevalent at the time.\nTHE SAIL TOWER\nIs defined a s High-Tech Architecture.  Proponents of this style claim that by using a ircraft technology\, defects in earlier steel &\; glass structures coul d be overcome.\nTHE HAIFA POWER PLANT\nIs the first electrical infrastruct ure established in Israel. Built in 1935\, it was housed in a building des igned in the International Style. Characteristic of the International Styl e is its indifference to location or climate and its rejection of historic al precedent or the local vernacular style.\nAMOS GITAI ARCHITECTURAL MUSE UM\nIs housed in the former studio of the late Bauhaus architect - Munio G itai Weinraub.  His son\,  Amos Gitai Weinraub\, also an architect\,  c onverted the studio into a museum in honor of his late father and other Ba uhaus architects who fled Germany with the rise of Nazism. The Bauhaus mov ement was started by Walter Gropius in Germany who in 1919 perceived an ar chitectural style free of historicism.\n\nBring your own lunch.\n\nCost: 1 45NIS Member /  160NIS Non-member\n\nSign up now with the Travel Desk 560 -9110 to insure you place on the bus\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ouisrael.org/content/uploads/2013/06 /mqdefault.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR