Bereshit

The Imperative to Build

The Primitive Hut: Architectural Justification

The Four Rivers of Eden and Paradise Gardens

Beautifully Designed Synagogues

Homelessness 

The Origin of Cities

Music, War, and Architecture

Noach

Building the Ark as an Architectural Statement

Design Briefs

Graphic Standards and Technical Drawings

Brickmaking and Building Technology

Skyscrapers as Civic Icons

Lech Lecha

Domestic Architecture in Mesopotamia

Prayer in a Set Location

Population Density and Urban Planning

Vayera

Porches and New Urbanism

The Kitchen “Work Triangle”

Doors Details and Swing Direction

Salt as a Building Material

Cave Dwellings

Chaye Sara

Halachic Parameters of Cemetery Design

Building on a Historic Site

Toledot

Color as a Symbol and Stimulant

Texture in Architecture

Vayetze

Form and Function

Egyptian and Syrian Ladders

Baetyls, Sacred Stones, and Pillars

Safeguarding Shared Resources

Vayishlach

Defensive Cities

Rhythm and Intervals

Bridges and Fords

The Defining Characteristics of Cities

Vayeshev

Avraham’s Tent as a Tetrapylon

Egress

Prisons

Miketz

Moisture Control

Pharaoh’s Throne

Vayigash

Lumber for the Mishkan

Shifting Populations

Vayechi

Secondary Burial and Family Burial Chambers

Yosef’s Grave

Shemot

Groundbreakings and Cornerstone Ceremonies

Mixed-Use Neighborhoods

Fire Ratings

Brickmaking in Egypt

Va’era

Egyptian Temples and the Plagues

Houses During the Plagues

Failing Systems

Bo

Wind Patterns

Keeping Time

Beshalach

The Pillar of Fire as Visionary Architecture

Gateways and Obelisks

Passage Through Walls of Water

Temple from Heaven

Four Cubits and Vitruvian Man

Museums and Reliquaries

Yitro

Marking Boundaries

Idols and Architecture

Tripartite Division in Buildings

Replicas of the Temple

Unhewn Stones

The Altar Ramp and Accessibility

Mishpatim

The Evolving Role of Architect

Bribes and Kickbacks

Heavenly Jerusalem, Earthly Jerusalem

Teruma

The Visual Torah

Competing Cubits and the Dimensions of the Ark

Revealed and Concealed Spaces

Fabric Partitions and the Origins of Architecture

Assembling Parts

Structural Stability and Wall Thickness

Tetzave

Pomegranates, Bells, and Temple Ornament

Embossing and Engraving

Ki Tisa

The Temple Muchni

Military Camps and Urban Planning

Isolation in the Desert

Vayakhel

Public and Private Space

Bill of Quantities

Corner Design Problems

Pekudei

Dedication Ceremonies

Creating Courtyards 

Vayikra

Blood on the Altar

Blood Drainage on the Temple Mount

Me’ila and the Value of Architecture

Stolen Central Beams

Tzav

Wood for the Altar

Standing Room Only in the Temple

Shemini

Servant and Served Spaces

Mikvaot and Building Typology

Tazriya

Sections Through the Temple Mount

Shades of White

Light and Depth Perception

Shade and Public Spaces

Tents and Tzaraat

Metzora

Building on Pilotis

Square Houses and Domestic Architecture

Historical Preservation and the Essence of a Building

Acharei Mot

Blurred Vision in the Holy of Holies

Contrasting Civilization and Wilderness

The Influence of Foreign Culture

Vomitorea: Theater Architecture and Egress

Kedoshim

Pe’ah and Affordable Housing

Stumbling Blocks and Accessible Buildings

Kilayim in Building Materials

Tattoos and Modern Architecture

Rising for the Elderly

Honest Measurements

Emor

The Impact of Tumat Ohalim on Architecture

Sukka Balconies

Sukka of the Leviathan

Sukkot of Clouds

Windows in the Temple

Behar

Houses in a Walled City

Stone Paving

Bechukotai

Iron Wall, Iron Dome

Oven and Courtyards

Ruins Symbolism

Appraising Apartments: The Kohen’s Role in Sanctifying a House

Bamidbar

The Levite Camp and Hierarchical Cities

The Pleasure of Good Design

Naso

Tiles Openings in the Temple

Birchat Kohanim and Solid/Void Theory

Behaalotecha

Tectonic vs. Stereotomic Design and the Menora

Building the Temple at Night

Expanding Jerusalem

Basilicas and the Chamber of Hewn Stone

Shelach

Reporting on the Canaanite Settlements

Tourist Sites in the Ancient World

Structural Supports and Dividing Loads Between the Spies

Light Quality and Visual Tasks

Korach

Figure/Ground Theory in Urban Design

Cladding for the Altar

Chukat

Architecture of the Red Heifer

Separating Entrance and Exit

Impurity Transmitted by Tents

Balak

Passage Width

Windows, Privacy, and Light

Lateral Loads

Pinchas

Dividing the Land

Natural vs. Manmade

Circulation in Synagogues

Matot

Nedarim and Communal Space

Siege Warfare

Tents and Palaces

Naming Cities

Masei

Tabula Rasa and Complexity in Architecture

Levite Cities: Size, Beauty, and Zoning

Signage, Wayfinding, and Cities of Refuge

Devarim

The Ninth of Av and the Prohibition of Joyous Building

Fortified up to Heaven

Va’etchanan

Praying toward Jerusalem

Inheriting Canaanite Cities

Ekev

Slow Conquest and Urban Sprawl

Mezuzot

Re’eh

Locating Foreign Altars

Building in Israel

Excavating an Ir Hanidachat

Shoftim

A Soldier with a New House

Cutting Fruit Trees

Measuring Between CitieS

Ki Teitzei

Guardrails

Fences

Stair Design

City Gates

Plumbing and Sewage

Ki Tavo

Baskets and Architectural Orders

Jordan Monument

Moving Boundary Markers

City and Country

Nitzavim

Woodcutters and Water Drawers

Pagan Parks and Baths

Vayelech

The Acoustics of Hakhel

Decorating with Verses

Haazinu

Brick Patterns

Foundations

Vezot Haberacha

Topography, Property Lines, and the Site of the Temple

Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Sand and Glass