Moshe Safdi Biography

Share on TalkBacks Raffles City Complex in the city of Chunutsin. Photo: Wikipedia giant Raffles City Complex in the city of Chunzin promises to become one of the miracles of modern architecture. However, the vertical towers, although they are included in a hundred of the highest skyscrapers in the world, but do not claim records. But the meter -term transparent horizontal platform called "Crystal", connecting four of the eight buildings of the complex, has already entered the headlines of the largest media.

Not surprising, because this is the largest horizontal skyscraper in the world from which a panoramic view of a millionth city opens. Here, at an altitude of meters, there are winter gardens, numerous restaurants, a concert platform, a club, a pool and exhibition halls. Designing Raffles City, Israeli architect Moshe Safdi was inspired by traditional Chinese sailing ships - Jonki.

At the same time, given the huge population density in China, this was an attempt to create a vertical quarter with public space, recreation areas, gardens and natural light.

Moshe Safdi. At the age of 15, the young man moved with his parents to Canada, where he graduated from McGill University in Montreal. His thesis made the young architect of the world famous - the Habitat 67 residential complex made a splash at the World Exhibition held in Montreal. The panorama of the Habitat complex photo: Wikipedia for the complex, as if composed of the blocks of the LEGO designer, the summer Safdi was called the "man of the year" in the field of urban planning and awarded the prestigious Massey medal.

In the same year, after a six -day war, Moshe returned to Israel, where he took part in the restoration of the old city of Jerusalem. In M, he opened a branch of his architectural bureau, on the account of which is the concept of the Mamilla quarter in Jerusalem, the children's hall and the main building of the Museum of the City of Modin and a number of structures of the airport named after Nevertheless, the main creations of the master are located outside the Jewish state.

In the year, Safdi transferred his main office to Boston and headed the department of city design at Harvard University. Not forgetting about the country where he professionally took place as an architect, Moshe Safdi designed a number of buildings occupied by state institutions of Canada. According to his sketches, the city hall of Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Civilization in Quebec and many other iconic objects were erected.

The architect was awarded the highest civil award of the country - the Order of Canada, the number of partners of which is limited by healthy persons. Moshe Safdi is also a laureate of the Golden Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Since the xs, Safdie Architects pays attention to Asia, opening a branch in Singapore. In the year, the architect designs the Corps of the University of Asian for women in Bangladesh, and in M, he implements one of his most beautiful projects - the Sikhs Heritage Museum in the Holy City of Anandpur at the foot of the Himalayas.

The Museum was opened by the Chief Minister of Penjab, who emphasized that, before starting work, Safdi studied the religion of Sikhs within two years. The museum complex broke all records, becoming the most visited on the Indian subcontinent. Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.