Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cite du Havre on the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by the Israeli-Canadian-American architect Moshe Safdie. It originated in his master's thesis at the School of Architecture at McGill University, and an amended version was built for Expo 67, the World's Fair held from April to October 1967; it is considered an architectural landmark and a recognized building in Montreal.
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Building Type LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada 1 Completed Year Classification
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Built from 354 identical prefabricated precast-concrete modules, craned into place and stacked in varying arrangements.
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Habitat 67, or just Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli-Canadian-American architect Moshe Safdie.
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Category:Brutalist architecture in Canada
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- Wikidata Q1032248, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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