Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli/Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with Habitat 67, which paved the way for his international career.
In China today, there's the ambition and desire and the financial capability to experiment, even though its landscape is as depressing as hell. Our landscape is low-density blight and they specialize in high-density blight. But there's a great opportunity to create an oasis.
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I try firstly to make buildings humane. Countries and places have a history, a story, and a culture. I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about about pastiche or adapting what's already there. It's about trying to blend the future and the past.
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Somerville, Massachusetts [June 2007]
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He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on June 23, 1986 and the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canda) on October 29, 2004 for his services to architecture.
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Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Achieving the Unachievable
2007
Documentary
Himself
Great Expectations
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Moshe Safdie: The Power of Architecture
2005
Documentary
The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
My Architect
2003
Documentary
Himself
Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri
1997
Himself
The City in the Image of Man: Ideas and Work of Paolo Soleri