Moshe Safdie, Wendy Kohn. Published by Academy Editions, London, 1996. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Moshe Safdie. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 343pp. with color photographs and black and white architectural diagrams; biography, selected bibliography, chronological list of buildings and projects. Contains interview of Safdie by Wendy Kohn and, essays by Moshe Safdie; Peter Rowe; Witold Rybczynski; Paul Goldberger; Michael Sorkin. Volume is in fine condition; unclipped jacket has the very lightest of shelf wear.
Moshe Safdie is a well known and award-winning architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author; he carries Israeli, Canadian, and American citizenship. In this monograph, more than 40 of his projects are illustrated with spectacular photography, original design sketches and text. These works include his seminal Habitat project for the Canadian Expo ’67, the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Vancouver’s Library Square in Canada; the Yad Vashem Children’s Holocaust Memorial, the Restoration of the Jewish Quarter, Mamilla Center and Hebrew Union College in the city of Jerusalem; the Skirball Museum and Cultural Center in Los Angeles; and urban designs for Montreal, Senegal, Singapore and the new city of Modi’in in Israel.
