Rova Lev ha-Ir, Residential compound in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Rova Lev ha-Ir is a residential compound built between 2000 and 2005 on the 10-dunam site of the Hadassah hospital, which stood there from 1925 to 1992. Architect Ada Karmi-Melamede arranged 168 apartments in a seven-story H-shaped building around a paved central plaza, the 26-story Fan Tower rising from that plaza, the preserved 1920s eclectic Twin House, and a small office building on Mazeh Street.

The compound stands on the site of Hadassah Hospital, which operated there from 1925 until its demolition in 1992. Developer Unil, controlled by businessman Eliezer Fishman, commissioned architect Ada Karmi-Melamede to plan the project, and construction was completed in 2005 with over $100 million invested.

The name Rova Lev ha-Ir, "neighborhood in the heart of the city," reflects the project's design as a self-contained urban quarter. Despite the name, the compound has almost no commercial space: only a restaurant and a bookstore combined with a café serve residents and visitors.

The compound lies between Mazeh and Balfour streets, next to Allenby Street, and has a four-level underground car park. Its paved central plaza links the buildings and holds a restaurant and a bookshop-café. The site is flat, at no more than 20 metres above sea level.

The compound's centerpiece is the Fan Tower, a 26-story residential high-rise rising from the middle of the paved central plaza. Around it stand the 7-story Balfour Building, shaped like the letter C, and the Twins House, a preserved 1920s eclectic-style building. The plaza itself functions as a small urban square linking the structures.