Urban planning

Grapevine: SOS from Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.
'Planned retirement village in Arad' - illustrative

ILA unveils plan for Israel’s first American-model retirement village

The Steinhardt Museum Of Natural History in Tel Aviv.

Designs for the city: Kimmel Eshkolot Architects launches retrospective in Tel Aviv

Architect Matti Rosenshine adds cement to the Pardes Heights foundation

Pardes Heights: The ambitious Talpiot master plan gets into high gear


Anti-Netanyahu protest hotspot undergoing NIS 12m. facelift

The famous square, officially called France Square since 1959, will host an artistic new fountain and a new bed of flowers to be completed in the next nine months.

A simulation of Paris Square after the works are done

Government unveils national plan to transform urban mobility

The plan aims to advance the government’s target to significantly increase public transportation use to 40% in metropolitan areas.

Electric bicycles are a newish phenomenon in Israel, with some controversy around increasing fatalities and accidents, and competition with the bikesharing network.

Jerusalem? Tel Aviv? What is the best city in Israel?

The four other towns and cities sharing Jerusalem's ranking are Bnei Brak and the Arab communities Jisr al-Zarka, Umm al-Fahm, Zarzir and Bukata.

Jerusalem Chords Bridge

Global Goal 11, and What Co-existence Can Look Like on the Ground

The Jerusalem Post

In nighttime operation, Dizengoff Square gets back its fountain

The fountain was initially erected in 1988 and underwent renovations in 2012.

Dizengoff Square’s Fire and Water Fountain returns to central Tel Aviv

Indefensible space: Tel Aviv's 'new' central bus station must be destroyed

It is high time for Tel Aviv Municipality together with the Transportation Ministry to meet its responsibilities to the area’s residents, tackling this complex planning problem head-on.

Tel Aviv bus station 88 248

Preferred housing areas

How should the government plan for growth in Israel's largest cities?

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Their ignorance, at our expense

A dangerous mix of urban planning and politics threatens the character of some of Jerusalem's neighborhoods.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem