Saturday, December 10, 2011

Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada



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Location: 2600 Saint Lawrence River, Pierre Dupuy Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dates: 1967
Architects: Moshe Safdie
Purpose: housing complex
More info: Habitat 67 is a housing complex built as part of Expo 67. It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building. The project was designed to create affordable housing with close but private quarters, each equipped with a garden. The building was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around the world. (read more on wikipedia: Habitat 67)

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