Habitat 67
housing complex originally built for Expo 67 in Montreal
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Summary
Habitat 67 is an apartment building[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of apartment building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,740 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ville-Marie[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Architect: Moshe Safdie[5]
- Owned by: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation[6]
- Named after: Expo 67[7]
- Architectural style: brutalist architecture[8]
- Has use: revenue house[9], condominium[10]
- Commons category: Habitat 67[11]
- Inception: 1967[12]
- Official website: http://www.habitat67.com[13]
- Heritage designation: recognized heritage immovable[14], classified heritage immovable[15]
- Date of official opening: 1967[16]
- Native label: Habitat 67[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Architourist Guide[18]
- Street address: 2600, avenue Pierre-Dupuy[19]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Habitat 67 include it[20], a surf break[21], in Canada[22].
Why It Matters
Habitat 67 has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for it include it[20], a surf break[21], in Canada[22].