- 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.
- habitat 67. Habitat 67 in Montreal designed in the 1960’s by architect Moshe Safdie when he was just 24 years of age.
- “We’re now seeing many of the ideas, once held as mere utopian dreams, becoming a reality. Habitat 67’s legacy has so much more potential yet to explore.”
- We invite you to discover Habitat 67, the residential complex imagined by Moshe Safdie as part of Expo 67, the Montreal 1967 Universal Exhibition.
- Habitat 67 is attributable to the architectural style of Brutalism and Structuralism and is considered a European-style imitation of the style of Japanese Metabolists.
- Architect Moshe Safdie, a Canadian-Israeli architect still in his 20s at the time, was the mastermind behind Habitat 67’s unique conception.
- This is Habitat 67, a housing complex that was designed by Moshe Safdie as part of his graduate thesis while studying architecture at McGill University.
- Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada. Architect. ... On his website he says that Habitat, " ... was the major theme exhibition of the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal.
- Year built: 1964 to 1967. Habitat 67 is, without question, one of the most important and iconic multi-family developments globally.
- AD spoke with Moshe Safdie and a former resident of the iconic Brutalist housing development about living inside the top level apartment of Habitat 67.