Yet another survivor of Philip Johnson's now legendary "Deconstuctivist Architects" 1988 MoMA exhibit (along with Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid to name a few), Daniel Libeskind remains one of the most deliberate, well thought architects working today. The extraordinarily powerful Jewish Museum in Berlin has raised expectations for future projects such as museum expansions for the V&A in London and the Denver Art Museum, as well as the Jewish Museum in San Francisco and Manchester's Imperial War Museum.

Then on February 27, 2003 Daniel Libeskind's life (and possibly the future of architecture) changed forever. That was the day that Libeskind was announced as the winner of the competition to rebuild on the World Trade Center, as important a project as the world has ever seen. Certainly not the safe choice, Libeskind has suddenly found himself the world's most famous obscure architect.

Jewish Museum Berlin
(2001) Berlin, Germany

It took Daniel Libeskind a decade to get the Jewish Museum in Berlin built, an amazing acheivement even if the building wasn't as powerful as it is. The museum's design is so strong that it was open and empty for a year while curators tried to find a way to design exhibits that could work in such spaces. The Garden of Exile, the Holocaust Tower, the Memory Void- just see if you can forget them after you visit.

Click here to visit the Jewish Museum Berlin's official site, a starting point to learn about two thousand years of Jewish history in Germany and a really cool building

World Trade Center Master Plan
(2002-2012) New York City, United States

Daniel Libeskind may have gotten more than he expected (or anyone deserves) when he won the international design competition to redesign the World Trade Center. Constantly between the State and City Government, the Port Authority, the LMDC, the Memorial Jury, the Developer, David Childs, the Press and just about everyone else in the City and State of New York, Libeskind seems in it for the long haul- publicly putting the best spin on things as so many interests slowly take away everything that made his Master Plan initially so strong.

Click here to visit the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation site, the official government agency in charge of all of the development downtown

Imperial War Museum North
(2002) Manchester (Trafford), United Kingdom

In the Quays section of Trafford (not all that far from Old Trafford), Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North, a celebration (if you can call it that) of the brutal and swift power of a once mighty empire.

Click here to visit the Imperial War Museum North site, the second best thing to do in Trafford

ArBITAT WTC Archive

Follow the design, drama and construction of whatever ends up happening to Daniel Libeskind's Memory Foundations Master Plan, along with Slideshows, Commentaries and Images of the past, present and future of the World Trade Center and Lower Manhattan at the ArBITAT WTC Archive... (go to archive at the ArBITAT Views Page)

ArBITAT FutureWatch

Denver, Toronto, New York and London are among the cities getting their own Libeskind buildings, follow their progress at ArBITAT FutureWatch... (go to ArBITAT FutureWatch)

Construction Report

See pictures of the Denver Art Museum at the ArBITAT Construction Report home page... (go to ArBITAT Construction Reports)