New Archival Internship:  The Skirball Cultural Center Archives, Moshe Safdie Building and Design Collection

The Skirball Cultural Center by Sadfie Architects

"Responding to the steep topography at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Skirball Cultural Center is organized as a series of building clusters nestled into a planted hillside. Indoor and outdoor spaces flow seamlessly throughout the complex, creating a network of gardens, courtyards, galleries and public event spaces. The center holds a museum dedicated to Jewish heritage and American democracy." (Safdie Architects)

Returning to my roots!  My father is an architect whose idea of a swell family vacation was to go to Montreal to see Moshe Safdie's 1967 landmark project, Habitat 67, a "pioneering vision of urban housing using the technology of pre-fabricated construction." At least we didn't have to move there...