- Perhaps the most iconic piece of architecture in Montreal is Habitat 67, designed by Israeli/Canadian architect Moshe Safdie for the city’s World Expo.
- Thinking about the task’s criticalness in “A glance back at habitat ’67” Safdie expressed that “Habitat 67 contains is two ideas in one.
- Habitat ’67 celebrates it’s 50th anniversary this year, and a new exhibit explores the iconic project and the visionary architect behind it — Moshe Safdie.
- In its built form, Habitat 67 is an iconic cluster of 354 interconnected, concrete boxes. Each box is about 600 sq. feet and weighs 90 tons.
- habitat 67. Habitat 67 in Montreal designed in the 1960’s by architect Moshe Safdie when he was just 24 years of age.
- Habitat 67, an experiment in apartment living, became the permanent symbol of Expo 67 after it closed.
- Habitat 67 comprises 354 prefabricated stacked concrete modules arranged in various geometric configurations to reach 12 storeys in height.
- http://www.space1999.net/…ellarium13/habitat-67.htm. ... http://www.journaldemontreal.com/…nite-a-habitat-67.
- Habitat 67, also known as Habitat, is an experimental housing complex and architectural landmark in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
- Despite the project’s Modernist credentials, Safdie took much of his inspiration for Habitat ’67 from medieval hill towns in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.