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| Moshe Safdie To Deliver The RIBA Trust Annual Discourse The prolific architect and city planner, Moshe Safdie, will deliver the 2005 RIBA Trust Annual Discourse on 8 November at 6.30pm, entitled Megascale, Order, Complexity. Safdie will highlight issues important to his work - concepts such as megascale, order, complexity, inherent buildability, and the centrality of place and site to the design process – through his most recent projects including: the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex; the national museum of the Sikh people in Punjab; the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia; and the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. Safdie will explain his belief that the ethical framework that has guided and framed architectural practice and discourse is evaporating. Through this discourse he will reflect on the limits and constraints; on the possible versus the appropriate; on the responsible deployment of resources; on the challenge of creating vital urban places with the emerging mega building types; and on the way in which architecture and urbanism can directly affect the quality of life for those who inhabit it. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |