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Moshe Safdie (born July 14, 1938) is a famous Canadian architect. He was born in the town of Haifa in the British Mandate of Palestine and emigrated to Montreal, Canada. He apprenticed under Louis Kahn in Philadelphia. He is most famous for his ideas of cellular residences that could be lifted into place like LEGO blocks. This was actually constructed as the Habitat 67 project. In 1986 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.Important works include:
- Habitat 67 at Expo '67 World's Fair, Montreal, Quebec
- Coldspring New Town , Baltimore, Maryland
- The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Vancouver Library SquareThe Library Square Building in Vancouver, British Columbia is the home to the Vancouver Public Library. It is modelled on a Roman Colosseum. This building is an iconic building in Vancouver and is commonly shown on Postcards. The building consists of both, Vancouver, British ColumbiaThis article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver can also refer to Vancouver, Washington, USA, a suburb of Portland, Oregon. For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation Vancouver (49n16, 123w07 PST) is a Canadian city in the provin
- Main Branch of the Salt Lake City Public LibraryThe Salt Lake City Public Library main branch building is an architecturally unique structure in Salt Lake City, Utah. Location The main library is located at 210 East 400 South across from the Salt Lake City and County Building and Washington Square., Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City is the state capital of and largest city in Utah, a state of the United States of America. It sits in the Salt Lake Valley in north-central Utah along the Wasatch Front at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m). The valley is mostly surrounded
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