Media With 95,000+ votes over a span of 20 days, ArchDaily Readers have selected the buildings that - due to their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community - represent the best architecture of the year. Jewel Changi Airport was named a 2020 Building of the Year.
Media A new state-of-the-art hospital, which will eventually house 409 beds and is designed by the Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie, began admitting its first patients at the end of last year. Safdie has also designed a portion of the city masterplan; the sense of quality of care; and quality of life, imbued in Safdie’s hospital design (his first to be realized) act as guiding principles to the broader development.
Media The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has awarded Moshe Safdie the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award “recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment during his or her professional career. These contributions and leadership are recognized by the professional community and have significant effects, which extend beyond the professional community, to enhance cities and the lives of their inhabitants.”
Events Moshe Safdie speaks at closing plenary session. Titled “50 Forward: Urbanism for the Future,” the session revolved around solving problems related to scale and scope in an already predominantly urban planet.