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Moshe Safdie explores the creation of vital public spaces, capturing the essence of place, and building with a purpose through recent and upcoming projects, ...
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- National Building Museum
Sep 26, 2014 · In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of openness. Nearly 50 years later, he believes the ...
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- TED
Moshe Safdie: What makes a building unique? - YouTube. http://www.ted.com Looking back over a long career, architect Moshe Safdie digs deep into four extraordinary projects to talk about...
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Feb 23, 2016 · Presenting several projects carried out within Safdie's 50-year career, the five-part show will investigate "progressive contextualism,” the architect's term for his design philosophy that a building should be an extension of its physical, historical, and cultural environments.
Jul 14, 2017 · Theorist, architect, and educator Moshe Safdie (born July 14, 1938), made his first mark on architecture with his master's thesis, where the idea for Habitat 67 originated.
Why you should listen. Moshe Safdie's master's thesis quickly became a cult building: his modular "Habitat '67" apartments for Montreal Expo '67. Within a dizzying pile of concrete, each apartment was carefully sited to have natural light and a tiny, private outdoor space for gardening.
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May 18, 2016 · Moshe Safdie emerged on the international architectural scene with a bang in 1967 with his Habitat 67 housing complex, built for the Montreal World’s Fair.
