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With intention to build : the unrealized concepts, ideas and dreams of Moshe Safdie / text by Michael J. Crosbie.
LIBRA NA749.S2 A4 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crosbie, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Safdie, Moshe, 1938-.
- Architects--Canada--Catalogs.
- Architects.
- Architectural firms--Canada--Catalogs.
- Architectural firms.
- Safdie, Moshe, 1938---Catalogs.
- Safdie, Moshe.
- Safdie, Moshe, 1938---Interviews.
- Interviews.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 x 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mulgrave, Victoria ; New York City, NY : The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2020.
- Summary:
- Moshe Safdie explains that probably more than half of his lifetime design work is unbuilt, and he considers his unbuilt work to be some of his most significant work. In this richly illustrated book, replete with detailed diagrams, sketches, models and studies, Moshe Safdie explains that for those who design in order to build, not succeeding in building is never a failure (there are many reasons why a project might not be built) because these designs are part of the evolution of an architect's work. This volume is a fascinating journey through Safdie's thoughts and career, and also a historical reference of the social and political forces at play at the time. Not only a treatise on Safdie's unrealised concepts, this book is also a wonderful affirmation that there is valuable heritage in the unbuilt.00Includes a number of significant projects from around the globe, including the following:0Habitat Original Proposal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1964; Habitat New York II, New York, New York, United States 1967; San Francisco State, College Student Union, San Francisco, California, United States 1967; Pompidou Centre, Paris, France 1971; Western Wall Precinct, Jerusalem, Israel 1972; Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel 1985; Columbus Center, New York, New York, United States 1985; Ballet Opera House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1987; Museum of Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany 1990; Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Waxahachie, Texas, United States 1993; Incheon Airport, Incheon, Korea 2011; Jumeirah Gateway Mosque, Dubai, UAE 2007; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2012.
- Notes:
- Moshe Safdie in conersation with Michael J. Crosbie.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 1864708492
- 9781864708493
- OCLC:
- 1119748712
- Publisher Number:
- 99986792403
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