Counterpoint: Daniel Libeskind
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About the Author Daniel Libeskind is the founder and principal of Studio Daniel Libeskind, founded in Berlin in 1989, now in New York City. With over forty projects worldwide, he is an international figure in architectural practice and urban design. Born in Lódz, Poland in 1946, Libeskind was a virtuoso accordion player at a young age before giving up music to become an architect. Libeskind has taught and lectured at universities all over the world, received numerous awards and designed world-renowned projects, including the master plan for the World Trade Center in New York and the Jewish Museum in Berlin, among others. Paul Goldberger is the architecture critic for the New Yorker. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at the New School in New York City. He began his career at the New York Times, and in 1984, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. He is the author of several books, most recently his chronicle of the process of rebuilding Ground Zero, Up From Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York. The author lives in New York. Read more
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