Daniel Libeskind is a Polish-American architect known for pioneering the deconstructivist style. Some of his most notable works include the Jewish Museum Berlin completed in 2001, which features an irregular, fragmented design. Libeskind's practice founded the Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989. He is influenced by deconstructionist principles such as rejecting symmetry and using disproportionate volumes.

1. Daniel
Libeskind

2. Daniel Libeskind
• Polish-American Architect, Artist,
Professor, and Set Designer.
• Was born in 1946, in Lodz, Poland.
• First, he studied Music then he studied
Architecture and received a Master’s
degree in the history and theory of
Architecture.
• He founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in
1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its
principal design architect.

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4. Deconstruction
Libeskind’s architectural
school was the
DECONSTRUCTION.

5. Deconstruction
characteristics :
1. Rejection of symmetry.
2. Fragmented volumes.
3. Use of irregular,
disproportionate volumes.
4. Opposing rationalism to
modernism.

6. Jewish Berlin
Museum
• Located in Berlin, Germany.
• Completed in 2001.
• Building size: 166,840 sq. ft
• It is housed next to the site of
the original Prussian Court of
Justice building which was
completed in 1735.

7. Exhibits the social, political and
cultural history of the Jews in
Germany from the fourth
century to the present

16. ROYAL ONTARIO
MUSEUM
• Located in Las Vegas, USA.
• Completed in 2009.
• Building size: 500,000 sq.ft

18. WORLD TRADE
CENTER
• Located in New York, USA.
• It is still under
construction.
• Building size: 16 Acres.

20. Sketches for this project:

21. OGDEN CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY-
United Kingdom
HAEUNDAE UDONG HYUNDAI I’PARK-
SOUTH KOREA

22. 1. THE FIRST CULTURAL
AMBASSADOR TO THE US FOR
ARCHITECTURE BY THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AS PART
OF THE CULTURE CONNECT
PROGRAM – 2004
2. BUBER-ROSENZWEIG MEDAL -
2010.
3. MEDAL OF HONOR – 2011
Daniel Libeskind’s Awards:

23. Thank You.

24. References:
• Award archives (1970) Libeskind. Available at: https://libeskind.com/publishings/award/ (Accessed:
March 15, 2023).
• Jewish museum berlin (2021) Libeskind. Available at: https://libeskind.com/work/jewish-museum-berlin/
(Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• A thorough investigation of precedent - Tess O'Meara (no date) A Thorough Investigation of Precedent -
Tess O'Meara. Available at: https://tessomeara.com/A-Thorough-Investigation-of-Precedent (Accessed:
March 15, 2023).
• Deconstructivism in architecture and its 10 most amazing buildings (no date) Widewalls. Available at:
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/deconstructivism-buildings (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• Most beautiful 10 deconstructivism architecture buildings (2020) The Architecture Designs. Available at:
https://thearchitecturedesigns.com/most-beautiful-deconstructivism-architecture-buildingswhat-is-
deconstructivism/ (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• Ogden Center for Fundamental Physics at Durham University (2019) Libeskind. Available at:
https://libeskind.com/work/ogden-center-at-durham-university/ (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• Haeundae Udong hyundai I'Park (2019) Libeskind. Available at: https://libeskind.com/work/haeundae-
udong-hyundai-ipark/ (Accessed: March 15, 2023).

25. • Daniel Libeskind (no date) Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Available at:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Libeskind (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• (no date) Google image result for
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326566044/figure/fig3/AS:651756589563904@1532402288426/Aerial-
view-of-the-Jewish-Museum-Berlin-The-zig-zag-geometry-of-Daniel-Libeskinds.png. Available at:
https://images.app.goo.gl/bZ7c814ADKx3tEbh9 (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• The author Maud CANEVET Marketing & Communication Officer et al. (no date) Contemporary Architecture: Zoom on
deconstructivism, Michaël Zingraf. Available at:
https://www.michaelzingraf.com/en/group/blog/architecture/contemporary-architecture-zoom-on-
deconstructivism#:~:text=Deconstructivism%20is%20a%20movement%20belonging,with%20a%20unique%20visual%20
appearance. (Accessed: March 15, 2023).
• Baldwin, E. et al. (2023) ArchDaily. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/tag/daniel-libeskind (Accessed: March 15,
2023).
• Daniel Libeskind (no date) DAVID GILL GALLERY. Available at: https://www.davidgillgallery.com/daniellibeskind
(Accessed: March 15, 2023).
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