Moshe Safdie Wins the 2019 Wolf Prize in Architecture
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The Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author Moshe Safdie will be awarded the 2019 Wolf Prize for Architecture — one of Israel’s most prestigious international awards. The jury highlighted Safdie’s contribution to the fMoshe Safdie Wins the 2019 Wolf Prize in Architecture
The Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author Moshe Safdie will be awarded the 2019 Wolf Prize for Architecture — one of Israel’s most prestigious international awards. The jury highlighted Safdie’s contribution to the field of architecture underlining his trailblazing “Habitat 67” project in Montreal, which brought young Safdie into limelight in 1970s. Some of his most notable projects in Israel include the Yad VaShem Museum, Terminal 3 at the Ben Gurion International Airport, the city of Modiin, the Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, the Mamilla Compound, and the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, according to The Wolf Foundation website.Safdie has been previously awarded the Gold Medal by the American Institute of Architects, Companion of the Order of Canada, Gold Medal by Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence, and Mt. Scopus Award for Humanitarianism, Jerusalem.The earlier winners of the Wolf Prize in Architecture include Phyllis Lambert, Eduardo Souto de Moura, David Chipperfield, and Peter Eisenman.Along with Safdie, four more prizes will be presented in the field of Medicine, Agriculture, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The five prizes, $100 thousand per category ($ 0.5 million in total), will be divided this year between seven laureates from three countries: USA, France, and Israel. The prize will be awarded to the laureates by the Israel’s President and the Wolf Foundation chairman and Minister of Education in an official ceremony in May, at the Knesset Building in Jerusalem, as announced by The Wolf Foundation.The Wolf Foundation came into being in 1976 and the first Wolf awards were presented in 1978. Each year, five or six awards are presented to renowned scientists and artists for their achievements for humanity, friendly relations between people regardless of nationality, race, color, religion, gender, or political outlook. The fields of science include agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, and physics, in art — in annual rotation — architecture, music, painting, and sculpture. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more