AD Classics: Shrine of the Book / Armand Phillip Bartos and Frederick John Kiesler

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Written by Samuel Jacobson

Architects: Armand Phillip Bartos and Frederick John Kiesler

Text description provided by the architects. The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר‎ Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Musem near Givat Ram in Jerusalem, constructed in 1965. The building houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in and around the Wadi Qurman.

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Published on September 24, 2011

Cite: Samuel Jacobson. "AD Classics: Shrine of the Book / Armand Phillip Bartos and Frederick John Kiesler" 24 Sep 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/156442/ad-classics-shrine-of-the-book-armand-phillip-bartos-and-frederick-john-kiesler> ISSN 0719-8884