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The opening as it read in 2005

Moshe Safdie (born July 14 , 1938 ) is a famous architect and urban designer . He was born in the town of Haifa in the British Mandate of Palestine. His family left for Montreal, Canada when he was a teenager. As a dedicated socialist and Zionist he disliked this move. An excellent student he studied architectural engineering at McGill University and apprenticed under Louis Kahn in Philadelphia. At age twenty-four his master's thesis was selected to be constructed as part of the Expo '67 celebration. The Habitat 67 project, a complex of cellular residences that could be lifted into place like LEGO blocks, made him known around the world. In 1967 he returned to Israel where he was part of the team that refurbished Old Jerusalem . He lives in a renovated home in the old city. In 1976 he became a professor at Harvard University and set up his firm's head office in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts , where it remains today. The company also has offices in Toronto and Jerusalem. In 1986 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2005 .¹

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Vancouver Library Square is one of Safdie's most recent Canadian commissions. Model of the Marina Bay Sands The Children's Monument at Yad Vashem , Jerusalem designed by architect Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie , CC , FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an architect and urban designer . He was born in the city of Haifa , British Mandate for Palestine . He moved with his family to Montreal, Canada when he was 15 years old.

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Moshe Safdie , CC , FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli / Canadian / American architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with Habitat 67 , which paved the way for his international career. Israeli architecture with eastern promise

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Moshe Safdie CC FAIA FRAIC ( ; born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport , as well as his debut project Habitat 67 , which was originally conceived as his Master's thesis while studying at McGill University and paved the way for his international career.

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Israeli-Canadian architect (born 1938) Moshe Safdie CC FRAIC OAA FAIA ( ; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner , educator, theorist , and author, with American, Canadian, and Israeli citizenship. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design in his 50-year career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks; housing; mixed-use urban centers; airports; and master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities in North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. He is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport , as well as his debut project, Habitat 67 , originally conceived as his thesis at McGill University .

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Israeli-Canadian-American architect (born 1938) Moshe Safdie ( Hebrew : משה ספדיה ; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner , educator, theorist , and author. He is well known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions such as neighborhoods and public parks, housing, mixed-use urban centers, and airports. He also had master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities in the Americas , the Middle East , and Asia . Safdie is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport , as well as his debut project Habitat 67 , which was originally conceived as his thesis at McGill University . He holds legal citizenship in Israel , Canada , and the United States .

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