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Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie is a famous Canadian architect. He was born in the town of Haifa in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1938 and emigrated to Montreal, Canada. He apprenticed under Louis Kahn in Philadelphia. He is most famous for his ideas of cellular residences that could be lifted into place like LEGO blocks. This was actually constructed as the Habitat 67 project.
Important works include:
- Habitat 67 at Expo '67 World's Fair, Montreal, Quebec
- Coldspring New Town, Baltimore, Maryland
- The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Vancouver Library Square, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Salt Lake City Main Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
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1967 International and Universal Exposition | Expo '67 | Expo 1967 | Expo 67 | Habitat '67 | Habitat 67 | Hollywood North | List of architects | List of city planners | List of notable architects | List of people by name: Sa | List of people by name: Sa-Sb | List of people by name: Sb | List of urban planners | Louis I. Kahn | Louis Kahn | Toronto | Toronto, Canada | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Municipality, Ontario | Torontonians | Vancouver | Vancouver, B.C. | Vancouver, BC | Vancouver, British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver, Canada
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