Sukkah City: An Architectural Take on an Old Tradition

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Each year, Joshua Foer, author of the bestseller Moonwalking with Einstein, would celebrate sukkot (a traditional Jewish holiday) with his family by building a sukkah, a small temporary shelter that acts as a reminder of the Jews' plight after being expelled from Egypt. Years later, he co-founded a competition to challenge architects to consider the holiday from a designer's point of view. Sukkah City, a documentary on the competition, follows a couple projects through their inspiration and construction. Read more about it here.

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Cite: Katherine Allen. "Sukkah City: An Architectural Take on an Old Tradition" 05 Oct 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/433671/sukkah-city-an-architectural-take-on-an-old-tradition> ISSN 0719-8884

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