The Library: An Open Book

This volume celebrates the culmination of a visionary 30-year project to renew the National Library of Israel led by Yad Hanadiv – the Rothschild Foundation: the architectural icon in the heart of Jerusalem created by Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with Mann-Shinar. It invites readers to think of the library as a public space, as an object, a concept and a spiritual entity. The book includes original stories by leading authors from Israel and abroad, artwork by Zoya Cherkassky, photographs by three outstanding Israeli photographers and a graphic novella by Rutu Modan.

Design: Noa Schwartz
Graphic novella: Rutu Modan
Paintings: Zoya Cherkassky
Photography: A. Hay, E. Singalovski, A. Shaar-Yashuv