On February 27, 2003, the Lower Manhatten Development Corporation (LMDC) had announced Daniel Libeskind’s design, Memory Foundations, for the new World Trade Center site.
Facts on Danny Libeskind:
– Born to Holocaust-survivor parents in Lodz in Poland in 1946
– Emigrated to Israel in 1957 before moving to the United States in 1959
– Became an American citizen in 1965
– Played piano professionally at Carnegie Hall
– Completed graduate studies of art history and architectural theiry at Essex University in England in 1972
– Opened first building in 1998, a museum dedicated to Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum, in Osnabruck,Germany
– Open Jewish museum in Berlin in 2001
– In 2001, became the first architect awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize
– Has three children
– Lives and works in Berlin
Facts on Memory Foundations:
– Includes a museum, five office buildings, and a garden
– A Memorial Garden (“bathtub”) is created 30 feet below grade where the Twin Towers once stood
– The Interpretative Museum sits at the center of the site
– A spire would stand at 1,776 feet, making it the tallest tower in the world (Petronas Twin Towers measures 1,483 ft). It would house a garden inside.
– The Wedge of Light piazza would have no shadow will fall each year on September 11th from 8:46 a.m., the time when the first tower was struck, to 10:28 a.m., the time when the second tower fell
– Estimated cost of $330m and 10 years to complete
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Daniel Libeskind design chosen for WTC
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Daniel Libeskind interview
Jewish Museum of Berlin
Daniel Libeskind’s World Trade Center Design
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