Archinect - News2013-05-22T02:11:50-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/61718175/the-walrus-magazine-discusses-safdie-s-walmart-funded-art-museum
The Walrus Magazine discusses Safdie's Walmart-funded art museum Archinect2012-11-19T12:44:00-05:00>2012-11-19T13:15:56-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/9b/9b7482f8753e0eee517cffd04dd050d4.jpg" width="514" height="386" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Moshe Safdie has designed buildings around the world for almost fifty years but doesn’t have an identifiable style. His latest work, an Arkansas art museum funded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, illustrates why it doesn’t matter</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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Habitat 67 - Web Mash Up Documentary Archinect2012-06-12T20:46:00-04:00>2012-06-12T20:51:37-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/qf/qfj6azmlreamcb8t.jpg" width="514" height="288" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>This web documentary gathers the best of online resources about the famed Habitat 67 of Montreal's World Expo 67, mashes them up and tells the modern story of how this iconic piece of architecture remains relevant in today's urban debates.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
via <a href="http://twitter.com/burnlab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@burnlab</a></p>http://archinect.com/news/article/5897738/my-cubicle-in-the-starchitect-s-building
My Cubicle In The Starchitect's Building Paul Petrunia2011-05-10T20:01:57-04:00>2011-05-13T07:07:26-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/86/86bc19dc8742fa5309fe0a5431583acc.jpg" width="514" height="370" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Nearly half a century after Habitat 67, I worked five days a week in a cubicle in Safdie's latest high-profile creation, the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. And as I stared at a computer screen in my small slice of Safdie-dom, I wondered: What good has visionary architecture ever done for working plebes?</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Leah Caldwell discusses the perspective of an office worker in a building designed by a "starchitect".</p>http://archinect.com/news/article/2567599/toronto-should-be-more-like-singapore-moshe-safdie-says
Toronto should be more like Singapore, Moshe Safdie says Paul Petrunia2011-04-11T20:50:00-04:00>2012-11-15T21:10:02-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/cg/cgf2bicwrcgtcjmd.jpg" width="514" height="289" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>A global architect based in Boston, Mr. Safdie wants Toronto’s planners and politicians to explode conventional thinking and dream big like the visionaries writing the design manifestos in China and Singapore, where Safdie Architects were lead designers of the just-completed $5.7-billion Marine Bay Sands hotel, casino and art science museum complex.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
The Globe & Mail interview Moshe Safdie about his ides for Toronto.</p>http://archinect.com/news/article/99492/safdie-s-marina-bay-sands-opens-in-singapore
Safdie's Marina Bay Sands opens in Singapore Paul Petrunia2010-06-25T13:21:00-04:00>2012-11-15T21:12:10-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/z2/z2okp36qa8h9gr6n.jpg" width="514" height="349" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
The UK's <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1289194/Marina-Bay-Sands-resort-opens-Singapore.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daily Mail reports</a> on the £4billion Moshe Safdie-designed project that has just opened in Singapore, with a focus on the huge infinity pool on it's cruise-line-shaped rooftop.<br><br><i>The infinity pool on the roof is in the 'SkyPark' which spans the three towers of the hotel. The platform itself is longer than the Eiffel tower laid down and is one of the largest of its kind in the world.</i></p>