Moshe Safdie and Michael Kimmelman: If Walls Could Speak
Legendary architect Moshe Safdie discusses his remarkable career with Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times. Safdie created some of the world’s most influential and thoughtful structures, including the modular housing scheme in Montreal known as “Habitat 67”, the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. In his new book, If Walls Could Speak, he sets forth a manifesto for the role architecture should play in society and the service of an architect to the people who live, work in, or experience a building.
Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Over a celebrated 60-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design through a comprehensive and humane design philosophy. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks; housing; mixed-use urban centers and airports; and master plans throughout North and South America, the Middle East and Asia.
Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic of The New York Times. He has reported from more than 40 countries, was previously The Times's chief art critic and, based in Berlin, created the Abroad column, covering cultural and political affairs across Europe and the Middle East. Twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the founder and editor-at-large of a new venture focused on global challenges and progress called Headway.
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Legendary architect Moshe Safdie discusses his remarkable career with Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times. Safdie created some of the world’s most influential and thoughtful structures, including the modular housing scheme in Montreal known as “Habitat 67”, the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. In his new book, If Walls Could Speak, he sets forth a manifesto for the role architecture should play in society and the service of an architect to the people who live, work in, or experience a building.
Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Over a celebrated 60-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design through a comprehensive and humane design philosophy. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks; housing; mixed-use urban centers and airports; and master plans throughout North and South America, the Middle East and Asia.
Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic of The New York Times. He has reported from more than 40 countries, was previously The Times's chief art critic and, based in Berlin, created the Abroad column, covering cultural and political affairs across Europe and the Middle East. Twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the founder and editor-at-large of a new venture focused on global challenges and progress called Headway.
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