ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the 'Israeli Pavilion' exhibition and the occurrences surrounding the Berlin Congress, as a test case for the coming of age of the architectural discourse in Israel. It discusses the visual and textual representation of Israeli architecture, presenting the difficulties that exhibiters encounter when they are required to translate the problems of local architecture into universal language and to embrace an international agenda. The chapter explores the relation between architecture in Israel and the politics of this state, observing the new local discourse that is replacing the regional discourse in Israeli architecture and attempt to outline the theoretical context of its transition into a political discourse. It analyzes the gallery or the museum as a site for establishing the Israeli critical image. The chapter also discusses the critical possibilities that this exhibition is opening up for architectural theory and practice.
