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Edition Axel Menges GmbH Esslinger Straße 24 D-70736 Stuttgart-Fellbach tel. +49-711-574759 fax +49-711-574784 Opus 71 Ram Karmi and Ada Karmi-Melamede, Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem With an introduction by Anne-Catrin Schultz and photographs by Richard Bryant. 56 pp. with 66 illus., 280 x 300 mm, hard- cover, English ISBN 978-3-932565-71-7 Euro 36.00, sfr 59.00, £ 29.00, US $ 49.00, $A 69.00 Intent on realizing her late husband’s vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Su- preme Court of Israel in the 1960s. In 1983 the offer was seriously considered and accepted. Distributors Renowned architects from Israel and from all over the world entered into a two-stage competition in 1986. Ram Karmi and Ada Brockhaus Commission Karmi-Melamede, siblings their own architecture practices, were Kreidlerstraße 9 asked to compete as a team. Their contribution stood out clearly D-70806 Kornwestheim against the other entries. 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[email protected] While referred to as a single building, in reality the Supreme Court building is an ensemble applying urban principles to the in- Gazelle Book Services terior, thus producing public spaces throughout. Half architecture, White Cross Mills half landscape architecture, the Supreme Court building is deeply Hightown anchored in its site and reaches out further than its own walls. Four Lancaster LA1 4XS main functions are manifested in four distinct geometric volumes United Kingdom organized by two cardinal axes. These axes separate the four main tel. +44-1524-68765 program elements: the library, the judges’ chambers, the court- fax +44-1524-63232 rooms and the parking area. The allocation of the various volumes [email protected] within the building allows for a sequence of in-between spaces which are used for circulation, for the penetration of natural light National Book Network and for the transition between the public and private domains. 15200 NBN Way Paul Goldberger stated in The New York Times in 1995 that »the Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214 sharpness of the Mediterranean architectural tradition and the dig- USA nity of law are here married with remarkable grace«. tel. +1-800-4626420 Anne-Catrin Schultz studied architecture in Stuttgart and Flo- fax +1-800-3384550 rence. Following post-doctoral research at MIT, she relocated to [email protected] the San Francisco Bay Area and worked for several years with Turnbull Griffin Haesloop and Skidmore Owings & Merrill. She has Tower Books taught at the University of California in Berkeley and is currently Unit 2/17 Rodborough Road teaching at the California College of the Arts and City College of Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086 San Francisco. Richard Bryant is one of the best-known architec- Australia tural photographers, working all over the world. He is one of the tel. +61-2-99755566 few photographers to have been awarded an honorary fellowship fax +61-2-99755599 of the Royal Institute of British Architects. [email protected] Ram Karmi, Ada Karmi-Melamede Supr Opus 49 Steidle + Partner, Wohnquartier Freischützstraße, Intent on realizing her late husband’s vision, Dorothy Architecture in individual presentations München Ram Karmi, Ada Karmi-Melamede de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new 50 Neufert/Karle+Buxbaum, Ernst-Neufert-Bau, building housing the Supreme Court of Israel in the Editor: Axel Menges Darmstadt 1960s. In 1983 the offer was seriously considered and 51 Bolles+Wilson, NORD/LB, Magdeburg Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem accepted. 52 Brunnert und Partner, Flughafen Leipzig/Halle Renowned architects from Israel and from all over 1 Rudolf Steiner, Goetheanum, Dornach 53 Johannes Peter Hölzinger, Haus in Bad Nauheim the world entered into a two-stage competition in 2 Jørn Utzon, Houses in Fredensborg 54 Egon Eiermann, German Embassy, Washington 1986. Ram Karmi and Ada Karmi-Melamede, siblings 3 Jørgen Bo and Vilhelm Wohlert, Louisiana 55 Peter Kulka, Bosch-Haus Heidehof, Stuttgart their own architecture practices, were asked to com- Museum, Humlebæk 56 Am Bavariapark, München pete as a team. Their contribution stood out clearly 4 Aurelio Galfetti, Castelgrande, Bellinzona 57 Gerber Architekten, Messe Karlsruhe against the other entries. Instead of proposing a formal 5 Fatehpur Sikri 58 Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux and monumental scheme, the Karmis came up with a 6 Balthasar Neumann, Abteikirche Neresheim 59 Otto Ernst Schweizer, Milchhof, Nürnberg coherent site-specific building which roots itself into 7 Henry Hobson Richardson, Glessner House, 60 Steidle + Partner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, the land, continues the stone language of Jerusalem, Chicago Bremerhaven and relates to its unique vibrant light. 8 Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Palau de la 61 Sonwik, Flensburg Pure geometrical volumes are arranged to form a Música Catalana, Barcelona 62 Egon Eiermann/Sep Ruf, Deutsche Pavillons, balanced composition and complex whole. A careful 9 Richard Meier, Stadthaus Ulm Brüssel 1958 equilibrium is created between the gravity of local 10 Santiago Calatrava, Bahnhof Stadelhofen, 63 Ernst von Ihne/Heinz Tesar, Bode-Museum, stone-masonry walls and the immaterial play of light Zürich Berlin and shadow in the voids and volumes of the structure. 12 Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Charlottenhof, 64 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, International Terminal, The Supreme Court acts as part of a larger civic urban Potsdam-Sanssouci San Francisco International Airport ensemble and forms a gateway to Government Hill 13 Pfaueninsel, Berlin 65 Le Corbusier, Unité d’habitation, Marseille offering a pedestrian walkway to the Knesset. 14 Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 66 Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW-Welt, München While referred to as a single building, in reality the 15 Enric Miralles, C.N.A.R., Alicante 67 Bruno Paul, Haus Friedwart, Wetzlar Supreme Court building is an ensemble applying urban 16 Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote 68 Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart principles to the interior, thus producing public spaces 17 Dharna Vihara, Ranakpur 70 Alexander Brenner, Haus am Oberen Berg, throughout. Half architecture, half landscape architec- 18 Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge Stuttgart ture, the Supreme Court building is deeply anchored in 19 Ernst Gisel, Rathaus Fellbach 71 Ram Karmi, Ada Karmi-Melamede, Supreme its site and reaches out further than its own walls. Four 20 Alfredo Arribas, Marugame Hirai Museum Court of Israel, Jerusalem eme Court of Israel, Jerusalem main functions are manifested in four distinct geomet- 21 Sir Norman Foster and Partners, Commerz- 72 Sep Ruf, Kanzlerbungalow, Bonn ric volumes organized by two cardinal axes. These bank, Frankfurt am Main 73 Nili Portugali, Felicja Blumental Music Centre axes separate the four main program elements: the 22 Carlo Scarpa, Museo Canoviano, Possagno and Library, Tel Aviv library, the judges’ chambers, the courtrooms and the 23 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park 74 Dietrich Dietrich Tafel, Max-Planck-Institut parking area. The allocation of the various volumes 24 Kisho Kurokawa, Kuala Lumpur International für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin within the building allows for a sequence of in-between Airport spaces which are used for circulation, for the penetra- 25 Steidle + Partner, Universität Ulm West tion of natural light and for the transition between the 26 Himeji Castle public and private domains. 27 Kazuo Shinohara, Centennial Hall, Tokyo Paul Goldberger stated in The New York Times in 28 Alte Völklinger Hütte 1995 that »the sharpness of the Mediterranean archi- 29 Alsfeld tectural tradition and the dignity of law are here mar- 30 LOG ID, BGW Dresden ried with remarkable grace«. 31 Steidle + Partner, Wacker-Haus, München Anne-Catrin Schultz studied architecture in Stutt- 32 Frank O. Gehry, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa gart and Florence. Following post-doctoral research at 33 Neuschwanstein MIT, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and 34 Architekten Schweger+Partner, Zentrum für worked for several years with Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe and Skidmore Owings & Merrill. She has taught at the 35 Frank O. Gehry, Energie-Forum-Innovation, University of California in Berkeley and is currently Bad Oeynhausen teaching at the California College of the Arts and City 36 Rafael Moneo, Audrey Jones Beck Building, College of San Francisco. Richard Bryant is among Museum of Fine Arts, Houston the best-known architectural photographers, working 37 Schneider+Schumacher, KPMG-Gebäude, all over the world. He is one of the few photographers Leipzig to have been awarded an honorary fellowship of the 38 Heinz Tesar, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg Royal Institute of British Architects. 39