Theorist

Moshe Safdie

1938–present
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Dwelling Type Production

Details

Nationality
Israeli-Canadian

Notes

Designer of Habitat 67 (Montreal, Expo 67) — 354 prefabricated concrete modules; the full 1,000-dwelling plan was cut to 158 units and the prefab utopia failed to scale.

Connections

Sources

  1. Moshe Safdie. Beyond Habitat. MIT Press, 1970.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Moshe Safdie." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/moshe-safdie/. Accessed July 17, 2026.