ARCHITECTURE: Habitat'67 in Montreal

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This artificial hillrange on the Saint Lawrence river is composed of the futuristic homes of the universal exposition Expo 67. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, modular, interlocking concrete forms define the space. In The Disappearance (1977), dir. Stuart Cooper - an architectonically ambitious movie - Habitat'67 serves as the home of (guess who?) a professional hitman, played by Donald Sutherland. It is the stage on which a fairly brittle relationship of the hitman and his wife is enacted. David Warner also stars. Another remnant of Expo 67 can also be seen, Richard Buckminster Fuller's famous geodesic dome. Edited to the tunes of Am Eulenturm by Dagobert Böhm.

Comments

  1. thats Donald Sutherland! is this from a movie? i really dig the late 70s posh interior decor!
  2. I'm a Moshe Safdie fan. I'd like to visit Habitat 67. The music is gorgeous!
  3. el nombre exacto del tema de fondo es:  Am Eulenturm (At the "Eulen Tower") del album  Meditation Acoustic Feelings,(varios artistas) medium 1- track # 8  autor: Dagobert Böhm, Manfred Zepf, Detlev Jaeger, Stefan Toeteberg, Garcia, Dietmar Meding.
  4. BUENA MUY BUENA IDEA
  5. The album is called Acoustic Moods. You can buy it from Amazon :)
  6. Good to see how dangerous Habitat' 67 is as it is as the walkways are exposed to the elements. Weird scene when the guy slips and falls and seemingly gets knocked out exposing his unconscious self to the vicious, biting wind of a Montreal winter. nice bit of PR. He is DOOMED, I tell you, DOOMED.
  7. This video is perfect in every way; thanks so much for such a wonderful video. It touches my heart.
  8. This is fucking Blade Runner meets post-apocalyptic Siberia. The man in the beginning can't but force down a mixture of random booze and throw the cup in the sink feeling the despair because of living in that brutal hell.
  9. What a song called Am Eulenturm of Dago, I know. Songs in the album is called "sound for a blue planet". Is it different from the songs you are playing musical instruments is contained in this album, however. The title of the CD containing the songs are used in this video I'd like to know. I want that and got the CD.
  10. It's in the description
  11. Please tell me the song and musician of the BGM.
  12. something like that would look so much more idealic in sunny so CA
  13. please tell me these title ofThe song and singer name.
  14. Please tell me these title of The song and singer name.
  15. Please tell me these title of The song and singer name.
  16. Love how he just chucks his glass in the sink. lol
  17. This building is depressing, especially in the winter. The music doesn't help ;)
  18. I absolutely love this building. The concrete cubes and its massiveness is like no other. If anyone is interested in buying a unit in habitat 67, you can go to the real estate agent robert stephen lefebvre's website. Love it!
  19. I saw on youtube a while ago an interview to someone that shows the interior of one of the units...I can't find it!! Anybody? Thank you!
  20. donald was all over the globe in the 70s...nice editing.


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