ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DESIGNED TO BE DEFENSIVE

摘要

Bullet-Proof Glass, Bomb-Tested building materials, extra-hefty reinforced concrete walls and a design that prevents progressive collapse if a column is hit by a bomb are going into Israel's foreign ministry complex in Jerusalem. Senior project engineer Zion Matalon of Yaron-Shimoni-Scacham, the Tel-Aviv-based structural engineer, says the government wanted the complex to be "Israel's most protected public building."