High security: a new bus terminal in Israel's largest port city gracefully blends...

In a country where terrorist suicide bombings are all too common--five occurring over the past two and half years in the port city of Haifa alone--a local Israeli firm, Uzi Gordon Architects and Urban Planners, has crafted the city's new bus terminal to be both highly secure and attractive.

Haifa, Israel's third largest city and its main port, wraps around picturesque Mt. Carmel along the shores of the Mediterranean. The new Merkazit Hof HaCarmel station brings a placid seaside theme to its visitors in an open, airport-like environment.

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