1. History of the collection

2. References

3. External links

The Israel Architecture Archive (IAA) is an archive collection in Tel Aviv, Israel that documents Israeli architectural culture and practice.^[1] Since its establishment in 1995, the IAA has become a unique database on planning and building in Palestine and Israel from the late 19th century to the present.^[2]

The IAA is located in the basement of the Shalom Mayer Tower, as a symbolic statement, as the tower was built on the site of the first Hebrew public building in Tel Aviv, the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium (established 1909). The demolition

of the latter in 1959 was a landmark event in Hebrew culture that drew awareness to the need for preservation and documentation of the recent past.{{fact|date=November 2015}}

History of the collection

The IAA was initially conceived as a private collection by Zvi Elhyani, an architect and architectural historian, while still a student at the Architecture Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem in the mid-1990s.^[3] The collection expanded significantly during Elhyani's graduate studies (MSc Arch. and PhD) at the Faculty of

Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion, Haifa.

Over the years, the IAA collection became established, garnering increasing publicity and reputation. It consists of hundreds of thousands of items which continuously accumulate, collected from a variety of sources: active acquisition and purchase of relevant collections and single items, absorption of collections and items from owners, etc. As such, the IAA functions as a primary address for historical and rare materials which otherwise would have been lost and entirely disappeared. Since most other attempts to establish a central archive for building and architecture in Israel have failed, the IAA has become a storage place for documentary materials for architects and demolished and existing buildings which not only enfold chapters in the history of Israeli architecture, but also in its nation-building.{{fact|date=November 2015}}

References

External links

• {{Facebook|IAArchive}}
• [https://instagram.com/israelarchitecturearchive/ israelarchitecturearchive] on Instagram

• Botswana Bank Employees' Union
• Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
• Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
• Botswana Central District
• Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
• Botswana Construction Workers' Union
• Botswana cricket team
• Botswana cuisine
• Botswana Davis Cup team
• Botswana Defence Force
• Botswana Defence Force XI F.C.
• Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
• Botswana diplomatic missions
• Botswana Fed Cup team
• Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
• Botswana Football Association
• Botswana Girl Guides Association
• Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union
• Botswana House of Chiefs
• Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
• Botswana Independence Party
• Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
• Botswana Internet Exchange
• Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
• Botswana Meat Commission