Moshe Safdie

Architect Moshe Safdie was born in Haifa but moved to Canada as a teenager. He apprenticed with Louis I. Kahn in Philadelphia and returned to Montreal, where he was in charge of the master plan for the 1967 World’s Fair, at which he also presented Habitat ’67, a complex of modular, affordable apartments that remains a landmark. In 1970, Safdie assumed a leading role in the restoration of the Old City of Jerusalem and the reconstruction of a new city center. His projects in Israel include the redesign of Ben Gurion International Airport. He is also responsible for the design of six Canadian public institutions, including the Quebec Museum of Civilization, the National Gallery of Canada, and Vancouver Library Square. Safdie has also worked on a number of commissions in the developing world.