Architecture for justice
Subtitle: The Haifa Court House
By: Chyutin Architects ; [photography Ardon Bar Hama...].
Contributors: Chyutin, Bracha; Chyutin, Michael
Publisher: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Tel Aviv]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Architecture; History; Courthouses; Pictorial works; Democracy and architecture; Buildings, structures
Other titles: Haifa Court House
Description: Designed by Bracha and Michael Chyutin, the Haifa Court House houses the District Court, the Magistrate's Court, and several other judicial instances. It contains 75 courtrooms, 100 judges' chambers, numerous offices, a library and a restaurant on a built area of 90,000 square meters, of which 40,000 are parking facilities occupying a site area of 10,000 square meters. The design was chosen from some sixty proposals submitted to a public competition in 1994. The construction was completed in 2004.--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [5]).