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Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Over a celebrated 50-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design through a comprehensive and humane design philosophy.
Moshe Safdie CC FRAIC OAA FAIA (Hebrew: משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career.
Moshe Safdie, FAIA is an internationally renowned architect and urban planner. Born in Haifa, Israel, Safdie earned his architecture degree from Montreal’s McGill University. After apprenticing with legendary American architect Louis Khan, he returned to Montreal to oversee the master plan for the 1967 World Exhibition and realize his ...
Moshe Safdie, Israeli-Canadian-American architect best known for designing Habitat ’67 at the site of Expo 67, a yearlong international exhibit in Montreal. His later projects include the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, and the Crystal Bridges Museum.
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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.
Sep 11, 2014 · Our series on Brutalist architecture looks at Habitat 67, the experimental modular housing presented by Moshe Safdie at the 1967 World Expo in Montreal.
