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Moshe Safdie

1938 - Today

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Moshe Safdie (Hebrew: משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions such as neighborhoods and public parks, housing, mixed-use urban centers, and airports. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moshe Safdie has received more than 1,412,749 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Moshe Safdie is the 302nd most popular architect (down from 272nd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Israel (down from 193rd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Moshe Safdie ranks 302 out of 518Before him are John Vanbrugh, Ernst May, Konstantin Thon, Jan Santini Aichel, Christopher Alexander, and Carlo Rossi. After him are Paul Wallot, Giovanni da Udine, Juan Bautista de Toledo, William Chambers, Albert Kahn, and Charles Jencks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Moshe Safdie ranks 235Before him are Jean Rollin, Anatoly Marchenko, Pachín, Imre Földi, Tiziano Terzani, and Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria. After him are Masakatsu Miyamoto, Boris Mikhailov, Richard Anthony, Pascale Petit, Martin Koeman, and Carlo Caffarra.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Moshe Safdie ranks 232 out of 466Before him are Gadi Eisenkot (1960), Pinchas Zukerman (1948), Aviv Kochavi (1964), Alfonso of Brienne (1227), Azmi Bishara (1956), and Avraham Adan (1926). After him are Etgar Keret (1967), Emile Habibi (1922), Nir Barkat (1959), Ron Arad (1951), Gila Almagor (1939), and Adi Shamir (1952).

Among ARCHITECTS In Israel

Among architects born in Israel, Moshe Safdie ranks 1After him are Ron Arad (1951).