Architecture: In Our Image
22 oct. suntec city ballroom III. ticketed event
Moshe Safdie will speak about ethics of the profession, megascale, and present recent works in the context of these issues. He will reflect on the values a society expresses through its built environment.
Moshe Safdie was born in Haifa, Israel, in 1938. He later moved to Canada with his family, graduating from McGill University in 1961 with a degree in architecture. After apprenticing with Louis I. Kahn in Philadelphia, he returned to Montreal, taking charge of the master plan for the 1967 World Exhibition, where he also realized an adaptation of his thesis as Habitat '67, the central feature of the World's Fair.
In the past decade, Safdie's major cultural and educational commissions in the U.S. have included: the United States Institute of Peace Headquarters; the Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, CA; and Exploration Place, KS; educational facilities; civic buildings; and performing arts centers. In addition to major works of urbanism, Safdie's work includes two airports - Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto and Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
Recent building openings include the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia (2006), The Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem (2005), the Lester B. Pearson International Airport (2004), the Ben Gurion International Airport (2004), the Salt Lake City Main Public Library (2003), and the Peabody Essex Museum (2003).
Major complexes currently under construction include the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, the national museum of the Sikh people in the Punjab, India; the Federal Building in Washington, D.C.; and the Springfield Federal Courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts; the National Campus for the Archeology of Israel in Jerusalem; the West Edge project, a mixed-use facility in Kansas City, Missouri; the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas; the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri; and Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort in Singapore.
Safdie has been the recipient of numerous awards, honorary degrees, and civil honors, including the Companion Order of Canada and the Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
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6 CPD points will be accredited to attendees.
Please contact Ms Jasmine Chan of Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) at Tel +65 6226 2668.
