Interview with Moshe Safdie
name: label: Interviewee
content: Safdie, Moshe, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Goodwin, George M.
label: Names
content: Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
label: Names
content: Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
label: Names
content: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
label: Names
content: Meier, Richard, 1934-
label: Names
content: Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970
label: Names
content: Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Architects -- Canada -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Architects -- Israel -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Architects -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Jewish architects
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by George M. Goodwin in 1992.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Safdie, Moshe, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Goodwin, George M.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Moshe Safdie (1938-) is an architect with American, Canadian, and Israeli citizenship. He designed Habitat 67 in Montreal and is a longtime educator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes (3 hrs.) : typescript summary (5 p.), analog +)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 Feb.1 - Oct. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.safdmosh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Moshe Safdie conducted 1992 Feb. 1-Oct. 17 by George M. Goodwin. Safdie discusses becoming an architect; moving from Israel to Canada at 15, his family background; attending McGill University; the work of Erich Mendelsohn in Palestine; his relationship to Richard Meier; and the work of other architects, including Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Frank Gehry, R.M. Schindler, and Richard Neutra; how being a Jew is central to his identity and his work; his significant buildings; critics' attitudes; clients' response; and 1992 projects.