Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie · Arts & Literature
Israeli-Canadian architect of Habitat 67 and Marina Bay Sands; Wolf Prize in Arts (2019)
1938, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)
Israel · Canada · United States
Moshe Safdie is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Israeli-Canadian architect of Habitat 67 and Marina Bay Sands; Wolf Prize in Arts (2019)
Born in Haifa and later based in Canada and the United States, Safdie designed Habitat 67 in Montreal — a radical modular housing complex built for his architecture thesis — as a young man. Over a long career he created civic and cultural landmarks including Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. He received the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2019; he is an Israeli-born Jew.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Arts)
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Israeli-Canadian architect of Habitat 67 and Marina Bay Sands; Wolf Prize in Arts (2019)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Arts)
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