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"My career started here" Architect Moshe Safdie

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Moshe Safdie, BArch’61, LLD’82, is one of the world’s most celebrated architects. It all began with Montreal’s iconic Habitat 67, a bold housing complex that started off as a McGill thesis project. It made Safdie a star – but it almost derailed his promising career.

Story by Christopher DeWolf, BA’06, McGill News, 2023

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