Moshe Safdie: Volume I & Volume II [INSCRIBED]

Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2009. Revised edition **. Hardcover. New, in slipcase. Large quarto (13-1/2" x 10"). 2 vols. 268; 288pp. With bibliographies and chronological lists of projects. Color photo dust jackets: V. I with black spine, V. II with white spine, both lettered in blue. Both volumes uniformly bound in gray cloth with blind stamped spines. Both volumes are housed in the publisher's plain gray cloth slipcase. Volume I is inscribed & signed on the half-title by Moshe Safdie, dated "Cambridge, Aug 18, 2010." A fine, as new set.

** The original one volume edition was first published in Great Britain in 1996.

Abstract: "Influenced by the diverse cultures of Canada, Israel and the U.S., Moshe Safdie's architecture displays a richly evolving tectonic and spatial sensibility. During several decades of practice, Safdie has designed public institutions, housing and mixed-use complexes, and developed designs for both existing urban districts and entirely new cities." "In volume one of this monograph, more than 30 of Safdie's projects are illustrated with spectacular photography, original design sketches and text. These works include his seminal Habitat project for Expo '67 in Montreal, Canada; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Library Square, Vancouver, Canada; Mamilla Center and Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem; the Skirball Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and urban designs for Montreal and Keur Farah Pahlavi, Senegal. Together they demonstrate the depth of Safdie's work, and an architectural vocabulary full of light and colour." "In his essay 'The Medium and Language of Architecture', Safdie discusses his architecture and influences. Each of the texts by authors Paul Goldberger, Peter G Rowe, Witold Rybczynski and Michael Sorking covers a different facet of Safdie's oeuvre." -- (Book Jacket)

Contents: v. 1. Habitat '67, Montreal, Quebec -- Habitat Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Tropaco Resort, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands -- Habitat Israel, Jerusalem -- Habitat New York I, New York City -- Habitat New York II, New York City -- San Francisco State College Student Union, San Francisco, California -- Pompidou Center, Paris -- Building in Jerusalem: Yeshiva Porat Yosef ; Western Wall Precinct ; Restoration of the Jewish Quarter ; Private residence ; Mamilla Center ; David's Citadel Hotel ; Hebrew Union College ; Supreme Court of Israel -- Ardmore Habitat, Singapore -- Callahan Residence, Birmingham, Alabama -- Esplanade Apartments, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Quebec Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec -- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario -- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec -- Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa, Ontario -- Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts -- Class of 1959 Chapel, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts -- Rosovsky Hall, Harvard-Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Superconducting Super Collider, Waxahachie, Texas -- Skirball Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California -- Columbus Center, New York City -- Library Square, Vancouver, British Columbia -- Keur Farah Fahlavi, Senegal -- Old Port of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.
v. 2. Exploration Place Science Center and Children's Museum, Wichita, Kansas -- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts -- Yitzhak Rabin Center, Tel Aviv, Israel -- Children's Holocaust Memorial at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel -- Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel -- Telfair Museum of Art, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah Georgia -- Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India -- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri --Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhous, China -- Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration, Hartford, Connecticut -- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas -- Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California, SanDiego, San Diego, California -- Salt Lake City Main Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah -- Nationaal Campus for the Archaeology of Israel -- GuangzhouNo. 2 Children's Palace -- Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Federal Courthouse, Springfield, Massachusetts -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Frearms and Explosives National Headquarters, Washington, D.C. -- United States Institute of Peace Headquarters, Washington, D.C. -- Alaska State Capitol, Juneau, Alaska -- Ben Gurion International Airport, Airside Terminal, Tel Aviv, Israel -- Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Canada -- New City of Mofi'in, Modi'in, Israel --Cairnhill Road Condominiums, Singapore -- West Kowloon Reclamation, Hong Kong, China -- Marina Bay Sands, Singapore -- Palm Jumeirah Gateway Mosque, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.