Moshe Safdie (; born July 14, 1938) is an architect,

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, educator, theorist, and author. He is well known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions such as neighborhoods and public parks, housing, mixed-use urban centers, and airports. He also had master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities in the

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, the

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, and

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. Safdie is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport, as well as his debut project Habitat 67, which was originally conceived as his thesis at

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. He holds legal citizenship in

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, and the

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Early life and education

Safdie was born in the city of

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, to a family of Syrian Jews. His father was from

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, and his mother, whose family had its origins in Aleppo, was from

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. He was nine years old and living in Haifa when the Israeli Declaration of Independence was issued by

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. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he lived on a

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where he tended goats and kept bees. In 1953, the Israeli government restricted imports in response to an economic and currency crisis, severely affecting Safdie's father's textile business. Consequently, when Safdie was 15, his family emigrated from

and settled down in the city of

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, where he attended Westmount High School. In September 1955, Safdie registered for the six-year architectural degree program at the McGill University Faculty of Engineering. In his fifth year, Safdie was named University Scholar. The following summer, he was awarded the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) scholarship. He traveled across

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to observe housing developments in the continent's major cities. In his final year, Safdie developed his thesis, entitled "A Case for City Living", and described as "A Three-Dimensional Modular Building System". He received his degree in 1961. Two years later, while apprenticing with architect Louis Kahn, Safdie's thesis advisor Sandy van Ginkel invited Safdie to submit his modular project for the World Exposition of 1967. In preparation for the exposition his thesis was developed into a complete master plan, eventually being constructed in Montreal. Named after the event that turned an idea into reality, the building is known as Habitat 67.

Career

In 1964, Safdie established Safdie Architects in

to undertake work on Habitat 67, an adaptation of his thesis at

. Habitat 67 was selected by Canada as a central feature of Expo 67. The project launched the design and implementation of

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, prefabricated units for living. Safdie designed the complex as a neighborhood with open spaces, garden terraces, and many other amenities typically reserved for the single-family home and adapted to a high-density urban environment. In 1970, Safdie established a branch office of his practice in

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. During this period, Safdie combined his interests in social activism and advanced technologies with respect for historical and regional context. He worked on the restoration of the Old City and the construction of Mamilla Mall, linking old and new cities. Other significant works in Israel include the New City of Modi’in, the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies, Ben Gurion International Airport, National Campus for the Archeology of Israel, multiple projects for

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, and others. During this period, Safdie also worked with leaders in

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and

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. Safdie was consulted on integrated geometry during the development of the Merkava tank by General

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. Later, Safdie received commissions for public buildings in Canada: the

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, the Quebec Museum of Civilization, and Vancouver Library Square. Other notable cultural works include the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, the national museum of the

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people in

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; the

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on the Mall in Washington, DC; the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in

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; and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in

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. Safdie has worked on projects in

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, and brought projects to completion in shorter periods, at larger scales. including: Marina Bay Sands, a mixed-use resort integrated with Singapore's iconic Skypark; Jewel Changi Airport, a new community-centric airport typology combining marketplace and garden; and Raffles City Chongqing, a mixed-use development featuring over one million square meters of housing, office, retail, transportation, and hotel programs. To connect four towers in Chongqing, China, he designed a sky bridge that has been referred to as the world's longest "Horizontal Skyscraper". Safdie and his team have used sky bridges and multi-level connectivity in other projects to make skyscrapers more accessible.

Practice

Today, Safdie Architects is headquartered in

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, near Harvard University, with additional offices in

, Toronto, Shanghai, and Singapore. The business is organized as a partnership. Safdie formed a research program within his office to pursue the advanced investigation of design topics. The practice-oriented fellowship explores speculative ideas outside normal business practice constraints. Fellows work independently with Safdie and firm principals to formulate specific proposals and research plans. The salaried position is in-residence, with full access to project teams and outside consultants. Past fellowships include Habitat of the Future, Mobility on Demand, and Tall Buildings in the city. In December 2023, Safdie Architects announced it was suspending its involvement in controversial hotel development in Jerusalem's Armenian quarter, citing "controversy surrounding the land lease agreement". This followed an attack by some 30 armed masked individuals on Armenian community members holding a vigil at the site. The Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem accused Danny Rothman, Safdie Architects' client for the project, of organizing the attack.

Academia

In 1978, after teaching at McGill, Ben Gurion, and Yale universities, Safdie was appointed Director of the

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Program at

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's Graduate School of Design (GSD) and moved to

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, Massachusetts. He served as Director until 1984. From 1984 to 1989, he was the Ian Woodner Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Harvard. Safdie continues to work closely with the GSD, frequently teaching design studio; Notably, Rethinking the Humanist High-Rise (2019) and Rethinking Hudson Yards (2017).

Personal life

In 1959, Safdie married Nina Nusynowicz, a Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor. Safdie and Nusynowicz have two children, a daughter and a son. Both were born during the inception and erection of Habitat 67. Just before its opening, Safdie and his young family moved into the development. Safdie and Nusynowicz divorced in 1981. His daughter Taal is an architect in San Diego, a partner of the firm Safdie Rabines Architects; His son Oren is a playwright who has written several plays about architecture. Safdie's great-nephews are independent filmmakers, Josh and Benny. In 1981, Safdie married Michal Ronnen, a Jerusalem-born photographer and daughter of artist Vera Ronnen. Safdie and Ronnen have two daughters, Carmelle and Yasmin. Carmelle is an artist, and Yasmin is a social worker.

Recognition

* 2020: Genius Award, Liberty Science Center` * 2020: Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) * 2019: Honorary Doctorate,

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* 2019: Wolf Prize in Architecture, International Wolf Foundation * 2018: Lifetime Achievement Award, Design Futures Council * 2018: Shortlisted for the European Cultural Centre Architecture Award * 2017: Honorary Doctorate,

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* 2015:

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* 2012: Medaille du Merite,

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* 2005: Companion

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, Governor General-in-Council of Canada * 2003: Lifetime Achievement Award,

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Institute for Jewish Research * 2002: Honorary Fellow, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland * 2001: Honorary Doctorate, Hebrew College * 1997: Jewish Cultural Achievement Award in the Visual Arts, National Foundation for Jewish Culture * 1996: Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia * 1996: Academy Member,

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* 1995: Gold Medal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada * 1995: College of Fellows,

* 1993:

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Award for Professional Excellence,

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* 1989: Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, University of Victoria * 1988: Honorary Doctorate in Sciences, Laval University * 1987: Mt. Scopus Award for Humanitarianism,

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* 1986: The

, Governor General-in-Council of Canada * 1982: Honorary Doctor of Law,

* 1982: Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal for Distinction in Design, Tau Sigma Delta Grand Chapter * 1961: Lieutenant Governor's gold medal for Exceptional Merit, Lieutenant Governor of Québec

Exhibitions

* 2017: ''Habitat 67 vers l’avenir: The Shape of Things to Come'', Université du Québec à Montréal * 2010–2014: ''Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie'',

, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada / Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California / Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. * 2012–2013: ''Moshe Safdie: The Path to Crystal Bridges'', Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. * 2004: ''An Architect's Vision: Moshe Safdie’s Jepson Center for the Arts'', Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. * 2003–2004: ''Building a New Museum'', Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. * 1998: ''Moshe Safdie, Museum Architecture 1971–1998'',

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, Tel Aviv, Israel * 1989: ''Moshe Safdie, Projects: 1979–1989'', Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. * 1985: ''The National Gallery of Canada'', Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. /

, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * 1982: ''Context'', Traveling exhibit sponsored by New York Institute for the Humanities * 1973–1974: ''For Everyone A Garden'', Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. /

, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada / San Francisco MoMA, San Francisco, California, U.S.

Films

* 2020: "Moshe Safdie: Another Dimension of Architecture", ''I-Talk Productions'' * 2018: "Time Space Existence", ''Plane-Site'' * 2004: "Moshe Safdie: The Power of Architecture", '' Dir. Donald Winkler'' * 2003: " My Architect: A Son’s Journey", '' Dir. Nathaniel Kahn'' * 1997: "The Sound of the Carceri with

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", '' Dir. Francois Girard'' * 1973: "The Innocent Door" / "Coldspring New Town", ''

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Select projects

* 1967: Habitat 67 at Expo 67 World's Fair, Montreal, Quebec, Canada * 1987: Musée de la Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada * 1988:

, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * 1989: New City of Modi'in, Israel * 1989: Esplanade Condominiums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. * 1991: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada * 1992: The Class of 1959 Chapel,

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, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * 1994: John G. Diefenbaker Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * 1994: Rosovsky Hall,

, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. * 1995: Yad Vashem Children's and Deportees Memorials, Jerusalem * 1995: Vancouver Library Square, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * 1998: David Citadel Hotel and David's Village, Jerusalem * 1998:

, Jerusalem * 1999: Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies and Rabin Tomb, Tel Aviv, Israel * 2000: Exploration Place Science Museum, Wichita, Kansas, U.Sm * 2003: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. 2* 2003: Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. * 2003: Cairnhill Road Condominiums, Singapore * 2003: Eleanor Roosevelt College,

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, California, U.S. * 2004: Airside Building of Terminal 3, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel * 2005: Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, Jerusalem * 2006: Jepson Center for the Arts at Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. * 2007: Terminal 1, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada * 2008: United States Federal Courthouse, District of Massachusetts,

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, U.S. * 2008: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Headquarters, Washington, D.C., U.S. * 2009: Mamilla Center, Jerusalem * 2009: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem * 2010: Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Singapore * 2010: ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore * 2011:

, Washington, D.C., U.S. * 2011: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. * 2011: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. * 2011: Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex (Virasat-e-Khalsa), Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India * 2013: Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. * 2012: Sky Habitat, Singapore * 2017: Eling Residences,

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, PRC * 2017: Habitat Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, PRC * 2019: National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel, Jerusalem * 2019: Monde Residential Development,

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, Ontario, Canada * 2019: Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore * 2020: Raffles City Chongqing, Chongqing, PRC * 2021: Serena del Mar, Cartagena, Colombia * 2021: Altair, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Works

* With Intention to Build: The Unrealized Concepts, Ideas, and Dreams of Moshe Safdie. Ed. Michael Crosbie. Melbourne, Victoria: Images Publishing Group, 2020. *"The Story of Israeli Architecture in Singapore" in Beating the Odds Together: 50 Years of Singapore-Israel Ties. Ed. Mattia Tomba. Singapore: World Scientific Book, 2019 . * Megascale, Order & Complexity. Ed. Michael Jemtrud. Montreal: McGill University School of Architecture, 2009. * The City After the Automobile: An Architect's Vision. With Wendy Kohn. New York: Basic Books; Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co., 1997. * The Language and Medium of Architecture (lecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design delivered November 15, 1989) * Jerusalem: The Future of the Past. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. * Beyond Habitat by 20 Years. Ed. John Kettle. Montreal and Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1987. * The Harvard Jerusalem Studio: Urban Designs for the Holy City]. Asst. eds. Rudy Barton and Uri Shetrit. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1985. * Form & Purpose. Ed. John Kettle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. * Habitat Bill of Rights With Nader Ardalan, George Candilis, Balkrishna V. Doshi, and Josep Lluís Sert. Imperial Government of Iran Ministry of Housing, 1976. * For Everyone A Garden. Ed. Judith Wolin. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1974. * Beyond Habitat. Ed. John Kettle. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1970. * Habitat. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1967.

Works about Safdie

* Jewel Changi Airport. Melbourne, Victoria: Images Publishing Group, 2020. * Safdie. Mulgrave, Victoria: Images Publishing Group, 2014. * Reaching for the Sky: The Marina Bay Sands Singapore. Singapore: ORO Editions, 2013. * Peace Building: The Mission, Work, and Architecture of the United States Institute of Peace. Dalton, MA: The Studley Press, 2011. * Valentin, Nilda, ed. Moshe Safdie. Rome: Edizione Kappa, 2010. * Moshe Safdie I. Mulgrave, Victoria: Images Publishing Group, 2009. * Moshe Safdie II. Mulgrave, Victoria: Images Publishing Group, 2009. * Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie. New York:Scala Publishers, Ltd., 2007. * Yad Vashem: Moshe Safdie – The Architecture of Memory. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 2006. * Moshe Safdie, Museum Architecture 1971–1988. Tel Aviv: Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, 1998. * Kohn, Wendy, ed. Moshe Safdie. London: Academy Editions, 1996. * Moshe Safdie: Buildings and Projects, 1967–1992. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1996. * Rybczynski, Witold. A Place for Art: The Architecture of the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1993. * Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Arts, 1991.

Gallery

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, Ottawa File:Salt Lake City Public Library -IMG 1756.JPG,

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, Washington, D.C. File:Khalsa Heritage Memorial 176 Edit.jpg, Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, Anandpur Sahib, India File:Museum of Fine Arts, main entrance, Montreal.jpg, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

Notes

References

External links

The Moshe Safdie Archive – McGill University

Safdie Architects

TED All-Stars, Reinventing the Apartment Building Presentation, 2014

Moshe Safdie, AIA Gold Medal Award Acceptance Speech, 2015

The Power of Architecture, 2013

On Ethics, Order and Complexity by Moshe Safdie, 2009
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