If walls could speak : my life in architecture
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
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352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Ridgway Public Library - BIOGRAPHY
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures-from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as "Habitat" and the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Marina Bay Sands development and extraordinary Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. Safdie always refers to the "silent client" an architect must ultimately serve: the people who live, work in, or experience a building. If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works-"from the spark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials." Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him-from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination-Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documents from his firm's voluminous archives that illuminate his stories, If Walls Could Speak ends with a chapter outlining seven projects Safdie would pursue around the world if resources and will were no issue and the choices were his to make. A book like no other, If Walls Could Speak will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Safdie, M. (2022). If walls could speak: my life in architecture (First edition.). Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Safdie, Moshe, 1938-. 2022. If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Safdie, Moshe, 1938-. If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Safdie, Moshe. If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture First edition., Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
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