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The '''Wohl Centre''' is a convention center on the main campus of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel. ==History== Wohl Centre was built between 2001 and 2005 and covers about 42,000 square feet (3,900 square meters). The building, designed by the internationally renowned Daniel Libeskind and a local architecture firm, the Heder Partnership, has been noted for its stark exterior and uncluttered interior.<ref>{{Citation | title = RIBA Awards/International | journal =Architects' Journal | pages = 77 | date = June 6, 2006 | postscript = .}}</ref> In 2006, the Wohl Centre won a RIBA International Award for its architecture.<ref>{{Citation | last = RIBA | title = Winners 2006 | url=http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAInternationalAwards/2006/InternationalAwards2006.aspx | access-date = 2008-06-19}}</ref> The building was designated in 2019 a B-class site for conservation.<ref>{{cite journal |date=14 July 2019 |page=12779|title=הודעות לפי חוק התכנון והבנייה, התשכ"ה-1965 |url=https://www.justice.gov.il/SitePages/OpenDocument.aspx?d=btfoGU%2fzRz98U4QZbe1n0udKM4YDESh1aUCHyxnVwI0%3d |access-date=11 September 2019 |language=he}}</ref>
==Design== The building, which was Daniel Libeskind's first in Israel, was built on a relatively small budget. The ILS43 million ($7.2 million) it cost to construct the center came in part from British philanthropist Maurice Wohl.<ref>{{Citation | last = Studio Daniel Libeskind | title = The Wohl Centre | url=http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/projects/show-all/the-wohl-centre/ | access-date = 2008-06-19}}</ref>
Three long rectangular "bars" comprise the building's base, above which rests a 1,000-seat auditorium.<ref>{{Citation | last=Hecht | first=Esther | title=The Building As Open Book | newspaper=The Jewish Week | pages=1 | date=October 2, 2005 }}</ref> The center's angular form evokes an open book and, according to Libeskind, embodies "the interrelation between the dynamics of knowledge and the unifying role of faith." Hebrew letters inspired the shapes of the windows, which cut across a gold-colored aluminum exterior.<ref>{{Citation | last=Halkin | first=Talya | title=Libeskind building opened at Bar-Ilan | newspaper=The Jerusalem Post | pages=2 | date=October 31, 2005 | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/922842881.html?dids=922842881:922842881&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+31%2C+2005&author=TALYA+HALKIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=02&desc=Libeskind+building+opened+at+Bar-Ilan| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524231509/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/922842881.html?dids=922842881:922842881&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+31,+2005&author=TALYA+HALKIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=02&desc=Libeskind+building+opened+at+Bar-Ilan| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> ==See also== *Architecture of Israel ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.wohl-center.com/ Wohl Center]
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Category:Bar-Ilan University Category:Buildings and structures in Ramat Gan Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2005 Category:Convention centers in Israel Category:Daniel Libeskind buildings Category:Heritage listed sites in Israel