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Why was Tel Aviv’s White City designated a UNESCO World Heritage site?

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Tel Aviv–Yafo Beach and high-rise buildings in Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel.

Tel Aviv’s "White City" was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003 because it contains the world's largest concentration of buildings designed in the International Style.12

Constructed between the early 1930s and the late 1940s by European-trained architects, this collection of approximately 4,000 buildings was influenced by the Bauhaus school. The area is notable for its adherence to the urban plan of Scottish sociologist Sir Patrick Geddes and for its simple, functional architectural style, which was specifically adapted to suit the local culture, climate, and the needs of the city's inhabitants.1