Lecture: Architect Daniel Libeskind, "Breaking Ground"
The 2006 Robert and Pamela Jacobs Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Life & Culture presents architect Daniel Libeskind. Popularly known for winning the World Trade Center design competition in February 2003, after which he was appointed as master plan architect for the site in New York City, Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architecture and urban design.
Known for introducing a new critical discourse into architecture and for his multidisciplinary approach, Libeskind studied music in Israel and New York, and then left music to study architecture, graduating in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University, England in 1972. Libeskind has designed major cultural and commercial institutions throughout the world. He became popularly known for winning the World Trade Center design competition in February 2003, after which he was appointed as master plan architect for the site in New York City.
Daniel Libeskind has taught and lectured worldwide and has received numerous awards, including the 2001 Hiroshima Art Prize - an award given to an artist whose work promotes international understanding and peace, never before given to an architect. His work has been exhibited extensively in museums and galleries and has been the subject of many publications. His memoir, Breaking Ground was published by Riverhead Books (Penguin Group) and has been translated in over 90 countries.
Since 2001, the Robert and Pamela Jacobs endowment in the College of Humanities & Fine Arts, has supported annual lectures, and studies in Jewish Life & Culture.
