Scaffold Episode 69: Moshe Safdie

Architect Moshe Safdie looks back on his long career in practice in episode 69 of Scaffold.

Architect Moshe Safdie, who designed the celebrated Habitat 67 scheme for the Montreal expo, has built a career with the aim of humanising mega-scale urban developments

In episode 69 of Scaffold he reflects on his life in practice following the release of his memoir If Walls Could Speak.

“It’s not that I avoid a signature style, I just allow things to mutate […] I marvel in the differences of place, and I bring them out and I enjoy them because I think that I’m making buildings that are more rooted. For me this is the pleasure of design.”

– Moshe Safdie

 

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Scaffold is a podcast series featuring interviews with architects, artists and designers. Hosted by Matthew Blunderfield and produced by the Architecture Foundation, it is available on Apple PodcastsSpotify, and most major podcast streaming platforms.

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