Moshe Safdie The Architecture of Memory

Vashem, Yad

ISBN 10: 3037780703 / ISBN 13: 9783037780701

Published by Lars Muller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland, 2006

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Unpaginated; 9 3/8 x 11 3/4" Contributors include Joan Ockman, Avner Shalev, Moshe Safdie, and Elie Wiesel. Light bumping to top spine edge front board long edge and a tiny bump to front board panel; light smudges on boards. Shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moshe Safdie The Architecture of Memory
• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037780703
• ISBN 13: 9783037780701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie’s work in Israel. The architect, a student of Louis Kahn who began his career with the sensational residential complex Habitat at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair, maintains offices in Boston, Toronto, and Jerusalem.

The museum, its architecture, and its series of interior spaces with their carefully designed exhibition facilities are documented in an indepth photo essay and illustrated with texts and plans.