Background
Libeskind, Daniel was born on May 12, 1946 in Lodz, Poland. Naturalized, United States, 1965. Son of Nachman and Dora Libeskind.
(Architect Daniel Libeskind, known for his dynamic, fractu...)
Architect Daniel Libeskind, known for his dynamic, fractured compositions, is also recognized for introducing a new critical discourse to architecture. In an enormous variety of projects around the world—major cultural institutions, convention centers, universities, hotels, commercial centers, and residential work—he has manifested his commitment to expanding the horizons of architecture and urbanism. Counterpoint: Daniel Libeskind is the first comprehensive portrait of the work of Studio Daniel Libeskind, which was established in Berlin in 1989 and moved to New York in 2003 after winning the World Trade Center design competition. Drawn from a series of interviews with celebrated architecture critic Paul Goldberger, Counterpoint exemplifies Libeskind's multidisciplinary approach, which reflects a profound interest in philosophy, art, music, literature, theater, and film. Along with Memory Foundations, the master plan for the World Trade Center site, featured projects include the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Royal Ontario Museum, the extension to the Denver Art Museum, the MGM Mirage CityCenter in Las Vegas, a multi-building complex in Busan, South Korea, and projects in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Japan, and China.
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Daniel Libeskind's iconic buildings around the world -- from the Jewish Museum in Berlin to the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, the V&A 'Spiral' to the most symbolic rebuilding project ever: the World Trade Center -- have sparked vigorous debate, not only for the way they look but for the ideas they contain. These are ideas that are important for all of us, and this is the story of those ideas -- a memoir of Libeskind's own life experiences, and of the events of history that have informed them. It is a book about the adventure life can offer each of us if we seize it, and about how we can all harness positively the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope.
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Libeskind, Daniel was born on May 12, 1946 in Lodz, Poland. Naturalized, United States, 1965. Son of Nachman and Dora Libeskind.
Student of music, Israel. Degree in architecture, Cooper Union, 1970. Postgraduate, School of Comparative Studies, Essex, England, 1972.
Doctorate (honorary), Humboldt University, Berlin, 1997. Doctorate (honorary), Essex University, England, 1999. Doctorate (honorary), University Edinburgh, 2002.
Doctorate (honorary), DePaul University, 2002. Doctorate (honorary), University Toronto, 2004.
Head department architecture Cranbrook Academy, 1978—1985. Head Institute Architecture and Planning, Milan, 1986—1989. Founder, principal design architect Studio Daniel Libeskind, Berlin, 1989—2003, New York City, since 2003.
Senior scholar John Paul Getty Center. Scholar Royal Danish Academy. Louis Sullivan professor, Chicago.
Bannister Fletcher professor University London. Louis Kahn professor Yale University, New Haven. Frank O'Gehry Chair University Toronto.
Cret chair University Pennsylvania. Professor Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany. Guest professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, University of California at Los Angeles, Hochschule Weisensee, Germany.
Writer in field; first cultural ambassador for architecture CultureConnect program United States Department State.
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(Architect Daniel Libeskind, known for his dynamic, fractu...)
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Member of European Academy Arts and Letters, Academy of the Arts, Federation German Architects.
Married Nina Libeskind. Children: Lev, Noam, Rachel.