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Why Israelis are ditching hotels for tiny luxury homes

From a 50-sqm Art Deco retreat to a yacht-inspired marina apartment, these vacation homes trade everyday practicality for bold colors, smaller kitchens and the feeling of checking into a boutique hotel

ynet Global | 09.10.26

Florentin, Tel Aviv’s trendiest neighborhood gets a major urban makeover

New preservation rules, added housing, pedestrian streets and public gardens are reshaping the century-old south Tel Aviv neighborhood while planners try to protect the dense commercial fabric that made it famous

Talia Levy Rozenboim | 09.05.26

Fed up with soaring rent, Israeli turns an 11-square-meter caravan into a home on wheels

After soaring rents pushed him to rethink conventional housing, Yam Netz built an 11-square-meter caravan into a fully equipped home and lived in it for four years before moving to Australia

Maya Benita | 08.28.26

New ‘White Lotus’ location: Iconic Paris hotel once used as Nazi headquarters, now Israeli-owned

The fourth season is filming at Paris’ Hotel Lutetia, a 1910 landmark that housed Nazi military intelligence, later received Holocaust survivors and is now owned by Israeli businessman Alfred Akirov’s Alrov Group

Amnon Direktor | 08.16.26

הבית היפה בישראל, תכנון: פיצו קדם אדריכלים

Israel’s most beautiful home: blend of raw concrete with sweeping nature views

Architect Pitsou Kedem designed the restrained Karmei Yosef villa around its steep terrain, natural light and views of Tel Gezer National Park, earning Israel’s 2025 Architecture Award for private construction

Talia Levy Rozenboim | 07.30.26

Israeli-American architect transforms Holocaust Museum LA, where memory meets life

Hagy Belzberg resigned a new Holocaust Story Center that blends into the park and surrounding community; the $70 addition includes a hologram theater of Holocaust survivors who 'talk' to the audience and space for 25,000 exhibits

Ayala Or-El, Los Angeles | 07.19.26

Inside the 900-square-meter Israeli home built around concrete, light and landscape

Designed by Ronnie Alroy Architects, the three-level residence uses exposed concrete, skylights, glazing and planted courtyards to connect its living spaces with the surrounding terrain while balancing monumental scale with warmth and privacy

ynet Global | 07.19.26

New York’s Flatiron Building turns into luxury homes, with apartments reaching $50 million

The 123-year-old Manhattan landmark, once a pioneering office tower and tourist magnet, is being converted into just 36 private residences, with a new exterior lighting system, restored historic details and ultra-luxury amenities

Amnon Direktor | 07.06.26

Inside the blue dream villa with a private cinema and pool

A 500-square-meter family home in central Israel was transformed from a beautiful but empty shell into a layered, eclectic retreat, with turquoise and deep blue accents, custom furniture, a windowless cinema room and an outdoor dining area for 24 guests

Yulia Prilik-Niv‏ | 07.04.26

מלון אטרקשן. ברקע: Empire State Building

Gaudí’s lost New York hotel: The 1,180-foot tower that never rose

More than a century ago, Antoni Gaudí designed an extraordinary 360-meter hotel for New York that was never built; Lost blueprints, decades of mystery, and new AI-generated renderings are now reviving one of architecture's greatest 'what ifs'

Daniel Edelson, New York | 06.28.26

Two Israeli giants are gone, but their fight over a Tel Aviv fountain lives on

Yaacov Agam’s ‘Fire and Water’ became one of Tel Aviv’s best-known symbols, but also a flashpoint over maintenance costs, urban design and public art; after Agam’s death at 98, and shortly after the death of architect Israel Godovitch, the fight over Dizengoff Square’s kinetic fountain is back in focus

Amnon Direktor | 06.27.26

From Dizengoff Square to Paris, Yaacov Agam’s art never stood still, and neither did debate around it

Artist and designer Yaakov Agam, who died Sunday, will be remembered most of all for his work on the 'Fire and Water' fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv; the public and ongoing confrontation between Agam and the municipality to this day still has not ended

Amnon Direktor | 06.21.26

Israeli-British designer Ron Arad named Commander of the British Empire

The Israeli-British architect and designer was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours, saying his work in both Israel and Britain should not be a source of controversy

Amnon Direktor | 06.17.26

Project for the Israeli Air Force in southern Israel — Architecture by Ada Karmi-Melamede Architects

Designing order for Israel’s security age

Architect Ori Lanir says defense projects demand more than protection, requiring flexible spaces that create order, clarity and calm inside complex systems

ynet Global | 05.30.26

אמפייר סטייט בילדינג וקו הרקיע של ניו יורק

The luxury tower infuriating New Yorkers, and not just because of the prices

The ultra-thin 54-story skyscraper on Fifth Avenue is enraging New Yorkers for blocking views of the beloved Empire State Building, and for becoming the latest symbol of Manhattan’s billionaire-only luxury tower boom

Amnon Direktor | 05.19.26

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