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Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli - Canadian - American architect Moshe Safdie.
Feb 9, 2023 · Habitat 67, designed by the Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie as the Canadian Pavilion for the World Exposition of 1967, was originally intended as an experimental solution for...
Habitat 67 is an architectural complex located at Cité-du-Havre in Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Old Port. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie for Expo 67, it is now classified as a heritage monument by the City of Montreal and the Quebec government.
Habitat was the major theme exhibition of the 1967 Montreal World Exposition. As a landmark demonstration project, it pioneered a vision for urban housing using the technology of pre-fabricated construction.
Habitat 67 enjoys incredible views of the river, the city center and the Old Port. Its terraces offer an incomparable panorama of sights, sounds and smells: city lights, bridge silhouettes, river rapids, maples, oaks and poplars, fresh air and an endless sky.
Habitat 67 is an architectural complex located at Cité-du-Havre in Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Old Port. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie for Expo 67, it is now classified as a heritage monument by the City of Montreal and the Quebec government.
Sep 11, 2014 · Our series on Brutalist architecture looks at Habitat 67, the experimental modular housing presented by Moshe Safdie at the 1967 World Expo in Montreal.
Habitat ’67, apartment house complex in Montréal that was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and completed in 1967. Despite the project’s Modernist credentials, Safdie took much of his inspiration for Habitat ’67 from medieval hill towns in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Oct 30, 2008 · Habitat 67 is an experimental urban residential complex designed by Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie and located in the Cité du Havre neighbourhood south of Montréal’s Old Port sector.
May 10, 2017 · Situated on the Marc-Drouin Quay, a peninsula jutting out into the Saint Lawrence River, Habitat 67 (or just Habitat, for short) stands out. It’s constructed from pre-fabricated, modular forms stacked on top of one another and resembles, to the post-digital eye at least, a long mass of pixels.
