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Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada by Moshe Safdie The Habitat 67 is an iconic building situated on a man-made peninsula south of the Old Port section of Montreal, Quebec. It was build as part of the Expo67 World Fair titled “Man and his world.” It was designed by Israeli-born Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. Fresh out Continue reading 50

The Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany by Daniel Libeskind The Jewish Museum in Berlin might be one of the most important buildings in Daniel Libeskind’s career. The Polish-American architect was born to holocaust-survivor parents (on May 12, 1946) and in his own words it influenced his design: “It’s important not to repress the trauma, it’s Continue reading 50

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre – New Central Library of the Humboldt University of Berlin by Max Dudler In celebration of its bicentennial commemoration the Humboldt University of Berlin initiated a call for proposals in 2004 for its Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre – New Central Library. The commission was awarded to the Berlin-based Swiss Continue reading 50

German Historical Museum Berlin by I. M. Pei I. M. Pei is a Chinese-American star architect with an exceptionally long and successful career. He was born in Suzhou, China on April 26, 1917 but moved to the United States to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. During his subsequent engineering studies at MIT he Continue reading 50

The New Building at Art Museum Basel, Switzerland by Christ & Gantenbein The Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland consists of 3 buildings, with the Main Building and the Neubau/ New Building sitting across the street from each other and the Museum of Contemporary Art further up the river Rhine. The New building of the Art Museum Continue reading 50