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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, 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.
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.
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.
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Jun 1, 2023 · Moshe Safdie’s Life in Architecture. A citizen of Israel, Canada, and the U.S. born into a Levantine Jewish family, Moshe Safdie is today one of the most distinguished living architects and urban planners. His works include the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore, Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3, the Harvard University Hillel, and the ...