Direction
Donald Winkler
Photography
Bernard Fougères
Editing
Jean-Marie Drot
Production
Jean Bureau, Pierre Lawrence

Canada, 2005, 91’, English

Moshe Safdie: The Power of Architecture is a film portrait of the dynamic, Canadian-Israeli architect who first burst on the world stage while still in his twenties with the groundbreaking building, Habitat ’67. The film follows Safdie to his head office in Boston, to Israel, where he is involved in a number of projects, including the new Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, and the new city of Modi’in, which he planned. A number of other buildings are included, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts, and the Vancouver Public Library. Finally, the film incorporates Safdie’s thoughts on the art of architecture and the state of architecture today.