St. Ruppin 12 For those familiar with the recognizable design of Israel’s residential blocks, the architecture of Kiriyaty House on Ruppin Street may not immediately impress. However, the simple symmetry of the building spanning three blocks has been highlighted by the architect, Shmuel Mistazkin, for being one of the closest buildings in the city to truly embody the Bauhaus spirit, its horizontal balconies, and vertical stairwells perfectly emphasizing the careful geometrical proportions. Mistazkin is one of the last of the 1930s Bauhaus architects still active in Tel Aviv, and a well-circulated story tells of his entrance exam to Bauhaus University in Germany, during which he was instructed to make something useful with a piece of cloth. He fashioned a rope and claimed its purpose was to hang himself if his admittance exam was unsuccessful. As his prolific architectural output is a testament to, he never did have occasion to use it!