Studio Libeskind is an international architecture practice headquartered in New York City. The Studio is involved in designing and realizing a diverse array of urban, cultural and commercial projects internationally. The Studio has completed buildings that range from museums and concert halls to convention centers, university buildings, hotels, shopping centers and residential towers.
Daniel and his partner Nina Libeskind established Studio Daniel Libeskind in Berlin, Germany, in 1989 after winning the competition to build the Jewish Museum Berlin. In February 2003, Studio Daniel Libeskind moved its headquarters from Berlin to New York City when Studio Libeskind was selected as the master planner for the World Trade Center redevelopment.
Biography
Daniel Libeskind
Mr. Libeskind has taught and lectured at many universities worldwide. He has held such positions as the Frank O. Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto, Professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany, the Cret Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Louis Kahn Chair at Yale University. He 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.
Born in post-war Poland, Daniel Libeskind immigrated to America with his family becoming an American citizen in 1964. A virtuoso musician at a young age, he gave up music to study architecture. Mr. Libeskind holds a degree in Architecture from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City and a postgraduate degree in the History and Theory of Architecture from the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University in England.
Mr. Libeskind lives in New York with his wife and business partner Nina Libeskind.
