Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind | |
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The Cooper Union University of Essex | |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse |
Nina Lewis Libeskind
(m. 1969) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | David Lewis (father-in-law) Stephen Lewis (brother-in-law) Avi Lewis (nephew) |
Practice | Studio Daniel Libeskind |
Buildings | Felix Nussbaum Haus Jewish Museum Berlin Imperial War Museum North Contemporary Jewish Museum Royal Ontario Museum (expansion) One World Trade Center (2002) The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge |
Website | libeskind |
Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish-American architect, artist, professor and
He is known for the design and completion of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, that opened in 2001. On February 27, 2003, Libeskind received further international attention after he won the competition to be the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.[2]
Other buildings that he is known for include the extension to the
Early life and education
Born in
In 1957, the Libeskinds moved to Kibbutz Gvat, Israel and then to Tel Aviv before moving to New York in 1959.[6] In his autobiography, Breaking Ground: An Immigrant's Journey from Poland to Ground Zero, Libeskind spoke of how the kibbutz experience influenced his concern for green architecture.[7]
In the summer of 1959, his family moved to New York City on one of the last immigrant boats to the United States. In New York, Libeskind lived in the
Daniel Libeskind was accepted at
Career
Libeskind began his career as an architectural theorist and professor, holding positions at various institutions around the world. From 1978 to 1985, Libeskind was the director of the Architecture Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[12] His practical architectural career began in Milan in the late 1980s, where he submitted to architectural competitions and also founded and directed Architecture Intermundium, Institute for Architecture & Urbanism.
Libeskind completed his first building at the age of 52, with the opening of the Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück, Germany in 1998.[13] Prior to this, critics had dismissed his designs as "unbuildable or unduly assertive".[14] In 1987, Libeskind won his first design competition for housing in West Berlin, but the Berlin Wall fell shortly thereafter and the project was cancelled. Libeskind won the first four project competitions he entered including the Jewish Museum Berlin in 1989, which became the first museum dedicated to the Holocaust in WWII and opened to the public in 2001 with international acclaim.[15] This was his first major international success and was one of the first building modifications designed after reunification. A glass courtyard was designed by Libeskind and added in 2007. The Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin also designed by Libeskind was completed in 2012.
Libeskind was selected by the
Studio Daniel Libeskind is headquartered two blocks south of the World Trade Center site in New York. He has designed numerous cultural and commercial institutions, museums, concert halls, convention centers, universities, residences, hotels, and shopping centers. The studio's most recent completed projects include the MO Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania; Zlota 44, a high-rise residential tower in Warsaw, Poland; the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University in Durham, England; the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, Canada; and Corals at Keppel Bay in Singapore, adjacent to the studio's previous completed project Reflections at Keppel Bay.
Design objects
In addition to his architectural projects, Libeskind has worked with a number of international design firms to develop objects, furniture, and industrial fixtures for interiors of buildings. He has been commissioned to work with design companies such as Fiam,[19] Artemide,[20] Jacuzzi,[21] TreP-Tre-Piu,[22] Oliviari,[23] Sawaya & Moroni,[24] Poltrona Frau,[25] Swarovski,[26] and others.[27]
Sculpture and installations
Libeskind's design projects also include sculpture. Several sculptures built in the early 1990s were based on the explorations of his Micromegas and Chamberworks drawings series that he did in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Polderland Garden of Love and Fire in Almere, Netherlands is a permanent installation completed in 1997 and restored on October 4, 2017.[28] Later in his career, Libeskind designed the Life Electric sculpture that was completed in 2015 on Lake Como, Italy. This sculpture is dedicated to the physicist Alessandro Volta.
Opera and verse
Libeskind has designed
Academia
Daniel Libeskind was the Head of Architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from 1978-1985. During his tenure at Cranbrook he explored various themes of space, influenced by theorists like Derrida and he was part of the leading avant-garde in architecture and academia. He produced several writings, artworks and large-scale explorations, including the Reading Machine, Writing Machine and Memory Machine.
Criticism
While much of Libeskind's work has been well-received, it has also been the subject of often severe criticism.
In response, Libeskind says he ignores critics: "How can I read them? I have more important things to read."[39]
Work
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Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
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World Trade Center Master Plan, New York City, US
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Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabruck, Germany
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Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore
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Zlota 44, Warsaw, Poland
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L Tower in Toronto, Canada
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Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
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Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
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Studio Weil, Mallorca, Spain
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, US
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Kö-Bogen Düsseldorf, Germany
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Kö-Bogen Düsseldorf, Germany
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Crystals at CityCenter, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
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Interior at Crystals at CityCenter, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
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Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, US
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PWC tower, CityLife, Milan, Italy
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CityLife Residences, Milan, Italy
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Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University, Durham, England
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National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa, Canada
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Vanke Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
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Imperial War Museum North, Trafford, Manchester, England
The following projects are listed on the Studio Libeskind website. The first date is the competition, commission, or first presentation date. The second is the completion date or the estimated date of completion.
Completed
- 1989–2001 Jewish Museum Berlin – Berlin, Germany
- 1995–1998 Felix Nussbaum Haus – Osnabrück, Germany
- 1997–2001 Imperial War Museum North – Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- 1998–2008 Contemporary Jewish Museum – San Francisco, California, United States
- 2000–2003 Majorca, Spain
- 2000–2006 Extension to the Denver, Colorado, United States
- 2000–2006 Denver Art Museum Residences – Denver, Colorado, United States
- 2000–2008 Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre – Bern, Switzerland
- 2001–2003 Danish Jewish Museum – Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2001–2004 London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre – London, England, United Kingdom
- 2001–2005 The Wohl Centre – Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
- 2002–2007 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, extension to Royal Ontario Museum and renovation of ten of its existing galleries – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2003–2005 Tangent, Facade for Hyundai Development Corporation Headquarters – Seoul, South Korea
- 2004–2005 Memoria e Luce, 9/11 Memorial – Padua, Italy
- 2004–2007 Glass Courtyard addition to the Jewish Museum Berlin – Berlin, Germany
- 2004–2008 The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge, residential condominium building – Covington, Kentucky, United States
- 2005–2009
- 2004–2010 Grand Canal Square,
- 2010 Wheel of Conscience monument, M.S. St. Louis Memorial, Pier 21 – Halifax, Canada
- 2002–2011 Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre at the City University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong
- 2006–2011 Reflections at Keppel Bay, high-rise and low-rise villa apartment blocks – Keppel Bay, Singapore
- 2007–2008 18.36.54 private residence – Connecticut, United States
- 2007–2011 Haeundae I Park Marina, skyscraper complex – Busan, South Korea
- 2009 Libeskind Villa – prefab smart house – Rheinzink GmbH & Co. KG Global Headquarters, Datteln, Germany
- 2010–2012 Jewish Museum Berlin Academy in the Eric F. Ross Building, academy – Berlin, Germany
- 2009–2013 Kö-Bogen, Königsallee, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2012–2015 Mons International Congress XPerience, Mons, Belgium
- 2002-ongoing World Trade Center master plan – New York City, New York
- 2013-2014 Ohio Holocaust & Liberators Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
- 2014–2015 Life Electric, sculpture – Como, Italy
- 2015 Vanke Pavilion, sculpture - Milan, Italy[40]
- 2015 Future Flowers, sculpture - Milan, Italy
- 2015 Milan Expo Gates, sculpture - Milan, Italy
- 2010–2015 Vitra Tower – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 2013-2016 Lotte Mart - Songdo, South Korea
- 2005–2016 Sony Centre for the Performing ArtsRedevelopment – Toronto, Canada
- 2013-2016 Corals at Keppel Bay, Singapore
- 2012-2016 Sapphire, - Berlin, Germany
- 2007-2017 Złota 44, residential tower - Warsaw, Poland
- 2011–2017 Main building and auditorium, Leuphana University of Lüneburg – Lüneburg, Germany
- 2015–2017 Odgen Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University, Durham, England[41]
- 2014-2017 National Holocaust Monument - Ottawa, Canada
- 2011-2018 Zhang Zhidong Museum - Wuhan, China
- 2017-2018 MO Museum - Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2013-2019 Century Spire, Manila, Philippines
- 2013-2021- National Holocaust Names Memorial (Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2018-2021 Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere, Finland
- 2015-2019 CityLife (Milan), Tower - Milan, Italy[42]
Under construction
- 2004–2020 CityLife (Milan), masterplan – Milan, Italy
- 2012-2021, Lotte Mall Songdo & Officetel, Songdo, South Korea
- 2012-2020 Amsterdam Holocaust Memorial - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2017-2020 Verve, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2017-2020 East Thiers Station, Nice, France
- 2017–2023 Tampere Central Arena – Tampere, Finland
- 2018- 2023, Atrium at Sumner - Brooklyn, New York, US
- 2019-2023 Artery - Vilnius, Lithuania[43][44]
- 2003- 2023, Maggie's Centre at the Royal Free, London, UK[45]
Proposed or in design
- 2009–? Archipelago 21, masterplan – Seoul, South Korea
- 2009–? Harmony Tower, Seoul, South Korea
- 2009–? Dancing Towers, Seoul, South Korea
- 2008–? New York Tower, New York City, United States
- 2018 – Great Synagogue of Vilna restoration, Vilnius, Lithuania[46]
- 2017-2022 Occitanie Tower, Toulouse, France
- 2019-2024 Ngaren: The Museum of Humankind - Kenya
- 2020 - Four Seasons Dubai Water Canal Hotel - Dubai, UAE
- 2021–? Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 2022-? Boerentoren 'crown', Antwerp, Belgium
Libeskind design products
- 2007 Royal Ontario Museum Spirit House Chair, Nienkamper, Toronto, Canada
- 2009 Tea Set, Sawaya & Moroni
- 2009 Denver Door Handle, Olivari
- 2011 eL Masterpiece, Zumtobel Group, Sawaya & Moroni
- 2012 Torq Armchair and Table, Sawaya & Moroni
- 2012 Zohar Street Lamp, Zumtobel Group
- 2012 The Idea Door 1 & 2, TRE-Più
- 2013 The Wing Mirror, Fiam
- 2013 Flow, Jacuzzi
- 2013 Paragon Lamp, Artemide
- 2013 Nina Door Handle, Olivari
- 2014 Ice Glass Installation[47]
- 2016 Water Tower, Alessi
- 2016 Gemma Collection, Moroso
- 2016 Swarovski Chess Set, Swarovski
- 2017 Cordoba light, Slamp
- 2017 Dining and side Table, Citco
- 2019 Boaz Chair, Wilde + Spieth
Awards and recognition
- First architect to receive the Dresden International Peace Prize (2023)
- First architect to win the Hiroshima Art Prize, awarded to an artist whose work promotes international understanding and peace (2001)[48]
- In 2003, he received the Leo Baeck Medal for his humanitarian work promoting tolerance and social justice.[49]
- AIANY Merit Award for the National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa, Canada (2018)
- MIPIM/The Architectural Review Future Project Award, for L'Occitanie Tower in Toulouse, France (2018)
- CTBUH Urban Habitat Award for the World Trade Center Master Plan (2018)
- American Institute of Architects National Service Award for the World Trade Center Master Plan (2012)
- Fellow for the American Institute of Architects (2016)
- RIBA Regional Award for Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at Durham University (2017)
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Architecture from the University of South Florida.
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the New Bulgarian Universityin 2013 in recognition of his influence on contemporary architectural research and practice
- First recipient of University of Ulster in recognition of his outstanding services to global architecture and design (2009)[50]
- MIPIM award in Best Urban Regeneration Project for KoBogen (2014)
- FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Award, Residential for Reflections at Keppel Bay (2013)
- European Museum Academy Prize for the Military History Museum (2013)
- Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal (2010)
- Gold medal for Architecture at the National Arts Club (2007)
- RIBA International Award for Wohl Centre at Bar-Ilan University (2006)
- RIBA International Award for the Imperial War Museum North (2004)
- RIBAAward for the London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre (2004)
- Appointed as the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U.S. Department of State (2004)[51]
- Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England (2004)
- Man of the Year Award from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2004)
- Goethe Institute(2000)
- Time magazine Best of 1998 Design Awards for the Felix Nussbaum Haus (1998)
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1996)
- Venice Biennale First Prize Stone Lion Award for Palmanova Project (1985)
- National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts Grant for Studies in Architecture (1983)
- American Institute of Architects Medal for Highest Scholastic Achievement (1970)
Personal life
Libeskind met Nina Lewis, his future wife and business partner, at the
Libeskind has lived, among other places, in New York City, Toronto, Michigan, Italy, Germany, and Los Angeles.[52] He is both a U.S. and Israeli citizen.[53]
Nina and Daniel Libeskind have three children: Lev, Noam, and Rachel.[54]
Bibliography
- Daniel Libeskind: Countersign (1992) (ISBN 0-8478-1478-5)
- Daniel Libeskind Radix-Matrix (1997) (ISBN 3-7913-1727-X)
- Jewish Museum Berlin (with Helene Binet) (1999) (ISBN 90-5701-252-9)
- Daniel Libeskind: The Space of Encounter (2001) (ISBN 978-0789304834)
- Daniel Libeskind (2001) (ISBN 0-7893-0496-1)
- Breaking Ground (2004) (ISBN 1-57322-292-5)
- Counterpoint (2008) (ISBN 1-58093-206-1)
- In the Unlikeliest of Places: How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis, Gulags, and Soviet Communism (2014) Annette Libeskind Berkovits; foreword by Daniel Libeskind (ISBN 978-1-77112-0661)
- Edge of Order (2018) (ISBN 978-0451497352)
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External links
- Official website
- Daniel Libeskind papers, 1968–1992 Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
- Libeskind Residences as part of CityLife (Milan) project
- Libeskind Tower as part of CityLife (Milan) project
- Daniel Libeskind at TED
- Architecture in the 20th Century Liebeskind in conversation with Richard Weston and Melvyn Bragg, first broadcast March 25, 1999 on BBC4's In Our Time.
- Unbuilding Walls Libeskind interviewed by Graft Architects.