BERESHIT (GENESIS)
BERESHIT (GENESIS)
Bereshit
The Primitive Hut: Architectural Justification
The Four Rivers of Eden and Paradise Gardens
Beautifully Designed Synagogues
Homelessness
The Origin of Cities
Music, War, and Architecture
Noach
Building the Ark as an Architectural Statement
Design Briefs
Graphic Standards and Technical Drawings
Brickmaking and Building Technology
Skyscrapers as Civic Icons
Lech Lecha
Domestic Architecture in Mesopotamia
Prayer in a Set Location
Population Density and Urban Planning
Vayera
Porches and New Urbanism
The Kitchen “Work Triangle”
Doors Details and Swing Direction
Salt as a Building Material
Cave Dwellings
Chaye Sara
Halachic Parameters of Cemetery Design
Building on a Historic Site
Toledot
Color as a Symbol and Stimulant
Texture in Architecture
Vayetze
Form and Function
Egyptian and Syrian Ladders
Baetyls, Sacred Stones, and Pillars
Safeguarding Shared Resources
Vayishlach
Defensive Cities
Rhythm and Intervals
Bridges and Fords
The Defining Characteristics of Cities
Vayeshev
Avraham’s Tent as a Tetrapylon
Egress
Prisons
Miketz
Moisture Control
Pharaoh’s Throne
Vayigash
Lumber for the Mishkan
Shifting Populations
Vayechi
Secondary Burial and Family Burial Chambers
Yosef’s Grave
Shemot
Groundbreakings and Cornerstone Ceremonies
Mixed-Use Neighborhoods
Fire Ratings
Brickmaking in Egypt
Va’era
Egyptian Temples and the Plagues
Houses During the Plagues
Failing Systems
Bo
Wind Patterns
Keeping Time
Beshalach
The Pillar of Fire as Visionary Architecture
Gateways and Obelisks
Passage Through Walls of Water
Temple from Heaven
Four Cubits and Vitruvian Man
Museums and Reliquaries
Yitro
Marking Boundaries
Idols and Architecture
Tripartite Division in Buildings
Replicas of the Temple
Unhewn Stones
The Altar Ramp and Accessibility
Mishpatim
The Evolving Role of Architect
Bribes and Kickbacks
Heavenly Jerusalem, Earthly Jerusalem
Teruma
The Visual Torah
Competing Cubits and the Dimensions of the Ark
Revealed and Concealed Spaces
Fabric Partitions and the Origins of Architecture
Assembling Parts
Structural Stability and Wall Thickness
Tetzave
Pomegranates, Bells, and Temple Ornament
Embossing and Engraving
Ki Tisa
The Temple Muchni
Military Camps and Urban Planning
Isolation in the Desert
Vayakhel
Public and Private Space
Bill of Quantities
Corner Design Problems
Pekudei
Dedication Ceremonies
Creating Courtyards
Vayikra
Blood on the Altar
Blood Drainage on the Temple Mount
Me’ila and the Value of Architecture
Stolen Central Beams
Tzav
Wood for the Altar
Standing Room Only in the Temple
Shemini
Servant and Served Spaces
Mikvaot and Building Typology
Tazriya
Sections Through the Temple Mount
Shades of White
Light and Depth Perception
Shade and Public Spaces
Tents and Tzaraat
Metzora
Building on Pilotis
Square Houses and Domestic Architecture
Historical Preservation and the Essence of a Building
Acharei Mot
Blurred Vision in the Holy of Holies
Contrasting Civilization and Wilderness
The Influence of Foreign Culture
Vomitorea: Theater Architecture and Egress
Kedoshim
Pe’ah and Affordable Housing
Stumbling Blocks and Accessible Buildings
Kilayim in Building Materials
Tattoos and Modern Architecture
Rising for the Elderly
Honest Measurements
Emor
The Impact of Tumat Ohalim on Architecture
Sukka Balconies
Sukka of the Leviathan
Sukkot of Clouds
Windows in the Temple
Behar
Houses in a Walled City
Stone Paving
Bechukotai
Iron Wall, Iron Dome
Oven and Courtyards
Ruins Symbolism
Appraising Apartments: The Kohen’s Role in Sanctifying a House
Bamidbar
The Levite Camp and Hierarchical Cities
The Pleasure of Good Design
Naso
Tiles Openings in the Temple
Birchat Kohanim and Solid/Void Theory
Behaalotecha
Tectonic vs. Stereotomic Design and the Menora
Building the Temple at Night
Expanding Jerusalem
Basilicas and the Chamber of Hewn Stone
Shelach
Reporting on the Canaanite Settlements
Tourist Sites in the Ancient World
Structural Supports and Dividing Loads Between the Spies
Light Quality and Visual Tasks
Korach
Figure/Ground Theory in Urban Design
Cladding for the Altar
Chukat
Architecture of the Red Heifer
Separating Entrance and Exit
Impurity Transmitted by Tents
Balak
Passage Width
Windows, Privacy, and Light
Lateral Loads
Pinchas
Dividing the Land
Natural vs. Manmade
Circulation in Synagogues
Matot
Nedarim and Communal Space
Siege Warfare
Tents and Palaces
Naming Cities
Masei
Tabula Rasa and Complexity in Architecture
Levite Cities: Size, Beauty, and Zoning
Signage, Wayfinding, and Cities of Refuge
Devarim
The Ninth of Av and the Prohibition of Joyous Building
Fortified up to Heaven
Va’etchanan
Praying toward Jerusalem
Inheriting Canaanite Cities
Ekev
Slow Conquest and Urban Sprawl
Mezuzot
Re’eh
Locating Foreign Altars
Building in Israel
Excavating an Ir Hanidachat
Shoftim
A Soldier with a New House
Cutting Fruit Trees
Measuring Between CitieS
Ki Teitzei
Guardrails
Fences
Stair Design
City Gates
Plumbing and Sewage
Ki Tavo
Baskets and Architectural Orders
Jordan Monument
Moving Boundary Markers
City and Country
Nitzavim
Woodcutters and Water Drawers
Pagan Parks and Baths
Vayelech
The Acoustics of Hakhel
Decorating with Verses
Haazinu
Brick Patterns
Foundations
Vezot Haberacha
Topography, Property Lines, and the Site of the Temple
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Sand and Glass