Daniel Libeskind

Architect

1946 –

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Who is Daniel Libeskind?

Daniel Libeskind is a Polish architect, artist, and set designer of Polish Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect. His buildings include the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, the extension to the Denver Art Museum in the United States, the Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin, the Imperial War Museum North in Greater Manchester, England, the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, the Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück, Germany, the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Wohl Centre at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel. His portfolio also includes several residential projects. Libeskind's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Bauhaus Archives, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Centre Pompidou. On February 27, 2003, Libeskind won the competition to be the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

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Born
May 12, 1946
Łódź
Also known as
  • 丹尼爾・利伯斯基
  • 丹尼爾・利伯斯金
  • 丹尼爾・李布斯
  • Daniel Libeskind
  • 丹尼爾・李伯斯金
  • 丹尼爾・李伯斯肯德
  • 丹尼爾・李普斯金
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
  • Poles
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Poland
Profession
Education
  • University of Essex
  • Cooper Union
  • The Bronx High School of Science

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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