Photographer: Amit Geron courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of ArtDesign and construction of a freestanding new building for the complex of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the leading museum of modern and contemporary art in Israel. Housing an installation of the Museum’s comprehensive collection of Israeli art, as well as its architecture and design galleries, drawings and prints galleries, photography study center, art library, new auditorium, a large gallery for temporary exhibitions and public amenities, the Herta and Paul Amir Building is intended to create an outstanding, forward-looking work of architecture for the Municipality of Tel Aviv.Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. 179 Sidney Street, 1st floorCambridge, MA 02139tel: 617-441-2110fax: 617-441-2113www.pscohen.comPreston Scott Cohen, Principal in charge of design Amit Nemlich, Project Architect and Architect of RecordTobias Nolte, Bohsung Kong, project team; Steven Christensen, Guy Re Moor, project assistantsCameron Wu, Andrew Saunders, Janny Baek, competition teamEngineers: YSS Consulting Engineers Ltd., Dani Shacham (structural); M. Doron - I. Shahar Consulting Eng. Ltd. (HVAC)Consultants: CPM Construction Managment Ltd. (project managers); Tillotson Design Associates, New York (lighting); Landman Aluminum Ltd. (glazing consultant); Chaskelevitch Engineering (concrete façade and lightfall contractor)General contractor:Danya-Minrav