- 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.
- 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.
- “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.”
- Architect Moshe Safdie, a Canadian-Israeli architect still in his 20s at the time, was the mastermind behind Habitat 67’s unique conception.
- In March 2012, Habitat 67 won an online Lego Architecture poll and is a candidate to be added to the list of famous buildings that inspire a special replica Lego set.
- Hem İsrail hem de Kanada vatandaşı olan mimar Moshe Safdie'nin 1967 Montreal Expo için hayata geçirdiği Habitat 67 projesi hala içinde yaşanabiliyor.
- Montreal’s Habitat ’67 is a housing complex that is often called a collection of condo cubes. Habitat ’67 is a model community built along the St...
- Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada. Architect. ... On his website he says that Habitat, " ... was the major theme exhibition of the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal.
- At one point he said, without a hint of embellishment, that he “used all of the lego in Montreal” to make Habitat 67.