Despite the fact that construction at the time included
mainly residential buildings, there were also office and commercial
buildings erected in the International Style, as well as hotels, hospitals,
and convalescent homes in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. On kibbutzim,
dining rooms and children's houses were built in that manner. In the
private hospital Assuta designed by Joseph Neufeld in Tel Aviv (10
Kordova Street, 1934-1935), the impact of the Bauhaus building itself
is manifest.
Neufeld also designed the Kupat Cholim (Israel's Sick Fund) storage
building on Belinson Street. The building curves along with the street
running parallel to the Dizengoff Square. The entrance facade is characterized
by a rhythm of rectangular windows on the lower floors, and thereabove
three horizontal strips projecting out of the facade, enhancing the
building's curve.
Hadar House designed by Carl Rubin in 1935 was the first office building
in the country erected on a steel frame. It manifests a strong Mendelsohnian
influence.