Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.
There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts. - Moshe Safdie
There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.
- Moshe Safdie
Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work. - Moshe Safdie
Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.
I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural q… - Moshe Safdie
I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural q…
Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless. - Moshe Safdie
Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.
Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect? - Moshe Safdie
Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?
The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its … - Moshe Safdie
The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its …
We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation - Moshe Safdie
We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation
Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking. - Moshe Safdie
Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these thing… - Moshe Safdie
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these thing…
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