Bar Orian Architects tops historic Tel Aviv villa with slatted box to create The Levee

A historic house in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighbourhood has been transformed into luxury accommodation with a slatted steel addition on top by local firm Bar Orian Architects.
The Levee comprises eight rental apartments in Tel Aviv across the extended historic villa building in the city's oldest neighbourhood, Neve Tzedek.The two-storey structure was built in 1913 as a private home called Gurevitch house. It is one of Tel Aviv's many eclectic-style and Bauhaus buildings that make the Israeli ci