Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie, CC (Hebrew משה ספדיה; * July 14, 1938 in Haifa, Israel today ) is an architect and urban planner.

Biography

As a teenager, Safdie moved with his family to Montreal, Canada, a move that displeased him because he was a Zionist and socialist. He studied at McGill University in Montréal ( Canada ) Architecture and later learned from Louis Kahn. In the first years after his graduation, he worked for the Office of Sandy van Ginkel. 1967 when he was 29, his thesis was built at the Expo 67. The Habitat 67 project made ​​him known all over the world. In 1967 he returned to Israel, where he participated in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Old City of Jerusalem. In the old town Safdie 's still alive today, he holds Canadian and Israeli citizenship.

In 1976, Safdie professor at Harvard University. Near it, in Somerville (Massachusetts), he opened his architectural office. Branches exist in Toronto and Jerusalem.

Buildings (selection)

  • Habitat 67 at Expo 67, Montreal, Quebec
  • Cold Spring New Town, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Musée de la civilization, Québec (1981 - 1987)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (1983 - 1988)
  • Vancouver Public Library (1992 - 1995)
  • Map of Modi'in, Israel
  • Old City Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
  • New Holocaust memorial, 2005, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Telfair Museum of Art ( Extension ), 2006, Savannah, Georgia, 2006
  • Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2010
  • Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, September 2011
  • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville (Arkansas ), USA, November 2011
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