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Daniel Libeskind
Architect / Founder, Studio Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architectural practice and urban design. He is well known for introducing a new critical discourse into architecture and for his multidisciplinary approach. His practice extends from building major cultural and commercial institutions - including museums and concert halls - to convention centers, universities, housing, hotels, shopping centers and residential work.
Born in Poland in 1946, Mr. Libeskind became an American citizen in 1965. He studied music in Israel and New York, becoming a virtuoso performer. He left music to study architecture, receiving his architectural degree in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University (England) in 1972.
Mr. Libeskind has lectured at many universities worldwide. He has held such positions as the Frank O. Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto, the Cret Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Louis Kahn Chair at Yale University. He has received numerous awards, including the 2001 Hiroshima Art Prize – never before given to an architect. He was awarded the 1999 German Architecture Prize for the Jewish Museum Berlin. Also in 2004, Mr. Libeskind was appointed the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U.S. Department of State, as part of the Culture Connect Program.
Several of Mr. Libeskind’s projects are currently under construction, including: the Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany; the Grand Canal Performing Arts Centre and Galleria in Dublin, Ireland; CityCenter, a retail complex, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada; Zlota 44; a residential high rise in Warsaw, Poland; the redevelopment of the historic Fiera Milano Fairgrounds in Milan, Italy; Haeundae Udong Hyundai l’Park, a mixed-use development in Busan, South Korea; Reflections, a waterfront, residential development in Keppel Bay, Singapore; Riverstone in Incheon, South Korea; Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong. Upon winning the World Trade Center design competition in February 2003, Daniel Libeskind was appointed as master plan architect for the site in New York City. Memory Foundations is now under construction. Recently, he was also elected as a master plan architect for Yongsan International Business District in Seoul.
His work has been exhibited extensively in major museums and galleries around the world. Also his buildings have appeared on the covers of Time Magazine, Newsweek, Architectural Record, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. In November, 2008, Monacelli Press (Random House, INC.) published an extensive monograph of his work, Counterpoint, in conversation with Paul Goldberger.
Born in Poland in 1946, Mr. Libeskind became an American citizen in 1965. He studied music in Israel and New York, becoming a virtuoso performer. He left music to study architecture, receiving his architectural degree in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University (England) in 1972.
Mr. Libeskind has lectured at many universities worldwide. He has held such positions as the Frank O. Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto, the Cret Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Louis Kahn Chair at Yale University. He has received numerous awards, including the 2001 Hiroshima Art Prize – never before given to an architect. He was awarded the 1999 German Architecture Prize for the Jewish Museum Berlin. Also in 2004, Mr. Libeskind was appointed the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U.S. Department of State, as part of the Culture Connect Program.
Several of Mr. Libeskind’s projects are currently under construction, including: the Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany; the Grand Canal Performing Arts Centre and Galleria in Dublin, Ireland; CityCenter, a retail complex, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada; Zlota 44; a residential high rise in Warsaw, Poland; the redevelopment of the historic Fiera Milano Fairgrounds in Milan, Italy; Haeundae Udong Hyundai l’Park, a mixed-use development in Busan, South Korea; Reflections, a waterfront, residential development in Keppel Bay, Singapore; Riverstone in Incheon, South Korea; Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong. Upon winning the World Trade Center design competition in February 2003, Daniel Libeskind was appointed as master plan architect for the site in New York City. Memory Foundations is now under construction. Recently, he was also elected as a master plan architect for Yongsan International Business District in Seoul.
His work has been exhibited extensively in major museums and galleries around the world. Also his buildings have appeared on the covers of Time Magazine, Newsweek, Architectural Record, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. In November, 2008, Monacelli Press (Random House, INC.) published an extensive monograph of his work, Counterpoint, in conversation with Paul Goldberger.
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