Moshe Safdie II

Influenced by a diversity of cultures worldwide, Moshe Safdie's architecture displays a richly evolving tectonic and spatial sensibility. During 40 years of practice, Safdie has designed cultural, educational and civic institutions, housing, mixed-use complexes and airports, and has developed designs for existing urban districts and entirely new cities. In this two-volume monograph, more than 60 of his projects are illustrated with spectacular photography, original design sketches and text.
Volume two features an essay by Safdie presenting his views on the significant issues facing architects today. Complementing this piece are texts by William J. Mitchell on the theme of a global practice responding to a wide range of varied local conditions, and by Thomas Fisher on Safdie's books, which represent another of Safdie's significant contributions to the global architectural dialogue. Among the projects covered in these pages are, in the U.S., the Salt Lake City Main Public Library, the Peabody Essex Museum and the U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters; in Israel, the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, the Yitzhak Rabin Center and the new city of Modi'in; in India, the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex; and in China, the Guangdong Science Center and the Guangzhou No. 2 Children's Palace.
Both volumes demonstrate the depth of Safdie's work, every example of which is a unified expression of its technology and materials as well as its setting and purpose.