MOSHE SAFDIE:

MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE 1971 - 1998

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Between Memory and Identity

PROJECTS

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

"I found myself fascinated by the versatility and diversity of geometric manipulation, the adaptation of building elements that resulted in a deliberate dialogue with the surrounding buildings."

National Gallery
Railway Cattle Car

 

Client: Canada Museums Construction Corporation

Architects: Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects; John Parkin, Associate Architect

Landscape Architect: Cornelia Hahn-Oberlander

Exhibition design: Dorit Harel

Lighting consultant: Fisher, Marantz & Associates

Area: 55,700 sq. m.; exhibition spaces - 12,356 sq. m.

Materials: Concrete, glass, steel, granite marble

Cost: C$ 123 million

Time of construction: 1983-1988

Moshe Safdie Exhibition

Beginnings

Events

Projects

The Safdie Project

Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery

Israel National Museum of Science