Moshe Safdie, Founder of Safdie Architects, will receive the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) for his achievements in the building industry.
Moshe Safdie. Photo by Norma Gòmez via Flickr Commons.
The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment during his or her professional career.
These contributions and leadership are recognized by the professional community and have significant effects, which extend beyond the professional community, to enhance cities and the lives of their inhabitants.
The individual?s contributions may be well-known or little-known by the public, and may take the form of completed buildings, research, technology, methods, ideas, or industry leadership. As an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author with over 50-years of experience, Moshe Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design with a distinct visual language.
Moshe Safdie?s Marina Bay Sands in Singapore includes a sky-high rooftop garden and pool. Photo by Frank Pinckers
A citizen of Israel, Canada and the United States, Safdie graduated from McGill University. After apprenticing with Louis I. Kahn in Philadelphia, Safdie returned to Montréal to oversee the master plan for the 1967 World Exhibition. In 1964, he established his own firm to undertake Habitat ?67, an adaptat...