Moshe Safdie

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Moshe Safdie


Born
Haifa, Israel

Moshe Safdie was born in Haifa, Israel to a Syrian Jewish family. His family moved to Montreal, Canada, in 1953. In 1959, Safdie married Nina Nusynowicz. The couple had two children, a daughter and a son. His son Oren Safdie is a playwright who has written several plays about architecture including Private Jokes, Public Places.[2] His daughter Taal is an architect in San Diego, a partner of the firm Safdie Rabines Architects.[3]

In 1961, Safdie graduated from McGill University with a degree in architecture. In 1981, Safdie married Michal Ronnen, a photographer, with whom he has two daughters, Carmelle and Yasmin. Carmelle Safdie is an artist, and Yasmin Safdie is a social worker. Safdie is the uncle of Dov Charney, founder and former CEO of
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If Walls Could Speak

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The City After The Automobi...

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Beyond Habitat

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Form and Purpose

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Yad Vashem: MOSHE SAFDIE-Th...

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For Everyone a Garden

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Jerusalem: The Future of th...

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Beyond Expo

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The language and medium of ...

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“Design is not only about imagining an exterior form. It is even more centrally about the internal spatial experience that gives rise to form.”
Moshe Safdie, If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture



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