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Shrine of the Book

Frederick Kiesler, Armand Bartos · Jerusalem, IL · 1965

Key featuresA white tiled dome shaped like a scroll jar lid faces a black basalt wall, over a sunken hall.

Architect
Frederick Kiesler, Armand Bartos
Place
Jerusalem, IL
Year
1965
Typology
Museum
Movement
Modernism
Region
Middle East
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