Title & Author:

Habitat & Beyond / [presented by] Moshe Safdie.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2011.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (34 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Moshe Safdie -- Habitat '67, Montreal, Canada, 1967 -- Mamilla Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 2009 -- Modi'in New Town, Israel, 1989 -- Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, Israel, 1988 -- Quebec Museum Of Civilization, Quebec City, Canada, 1987 -- Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, 2012 -- Crystal Bridges -- Yad Vashem Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 1987 -- Khalsa Heritage Centre, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India, 2011 -- United States Institute Of Peace, Washington D.C., 2011 -- Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Singapore, 2011 -- National Gallery Of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 1988 -- Kauffman Center, Kansas City, Missouri, 2011 -- Vancouver Library, Canada, 1995 -- .Golden Dream Bay, Qinguangdao, China, 2014.

Summary:

Moshe Safdie was born in the Palestinian city of Haifa in 1938, moving to Montreal with his family at the age of 15. Success came early when his student thesis project was accepted as the principle exhibit in the 1967 Expo in Montreal. Habitat '67, an innovative stacked housing system, remains his most famous building, despite the many prestige commissions that have followed. In this talk, he traces his career from Habitat '67 to the present day. As well as important projects in Israel, including the Yad Vashem Museum and the city of Modi'in, he has completed a string of cultural buildings in Canada and the USA, from the Quebec Museum of Civilization to the recently completed United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. Much of his work is now large-scale housing projects in the Far East.

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Safdie, Moshe, 1938- narrator.