Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind,(born May 12, 1946 in Lódź, Poland) the son of Holocaust survivors, is an architect who became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1965. He is a 1965 alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science. He studied music in Israel and became a virtuoso performer before pursuing an architecture degree in New York City's prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1970. Since 1989 he has lived in Berlin with his wife Nina and their three children. His architecture uses a language of skewed angles, intersecting geometries, shards, voids and punctured lines to communicate feelings of loss, absence and memory whilst addressing the immediate situation, however typical, in a manner that constantly calls attention to itself. He has mainly designed museums and galleries.

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May 12 - 1946 - Lódź - Poland - Holocaust - Architect - Naturalized citizen - United States - 1965 - Bronx High School of Science - Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art - 1989 - Berlin

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He is married to Nina Libeskind, daughter of federal New Democratic Party leader David Lewis and sister of former Ontario NDP leader and United Nations ambassador Stephen Lewis.

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Nina Libeskind - New Democratic Party - David Lewis - Ontario - NDP - United Nations - Stephen Lewis

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