02.02.2012 09.Schwat. 5772
Feature:
The Amir Center was known as Jerusalem's ugliest building, but the publicity won its architect a raft of projects. It now might be torn down.
In 1958, shortly after going out on his own, Architect David Resnick was asked to design a new residential building at the intersection of King George and Agron streets in the heart of Jerusalem. The plot chosen was surrounded by several buildings of historical and architectural value such as the Terra Sancta building and the American consulate.
But in the spirit of the times, Resnick decided to build a daring modernist response across from those structures: a square high-rise sitting on a commercial space and flashing its innovation in every detail….