Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture by Daniel Libeskind, Sarah Crichton
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- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Pub. Date: September 2004
- ISBN-13: 9780641740367
- 304pp
- Edition Description: Bargain
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Synopsis
Libeskind, a master plan architect for the World Trade Center reconstruction site, introduces his approach to public space and shows how his own life experiences as the child of Holocaust survivors inform his ideas for the new World Trade Center site. Many color and b&w photos are included, but there is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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The Master Plan Architect for the World Trade Center reconstruction, son of Holocaust survivors, reflects on public space. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architectureby Anonymous
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July 02, 2008: Two chapters into Daniel Libeskind's incredibly tedious littany of self-praise, I started to wonder when the excitement about design would start. A few hundred pages of more self-love and indulgent ranting about other architects and I realized it just isn't there. Daniel Libeskind seems so excited about himself that he can barely write a sentence without use of the singular pronoun 'I'. 'As in 'I am a genius ...'' The book explains nothing about design. Libeskind is too busy trying to convince readers that - in his mind at least - he's the greatest person that EVER lived. ...... So how come he manages to be such a complete bore? And how come he doesn't ever mention anyone as a friend?
Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architectureby Anonymous
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December 28, 2007: Author Libeskind, better known for his pompous behaviour and vulgar architecture, tries here to justify his existence by positioning himself as a misunderstood, suffering artist / victim. We've heard it all before, but in other cases, some genius was actually involved. Here, half-baked theories are invented after the fact to justify some of the worst architectural ideas ever to be drawn on paper. Luckily, few get built. In summary, a tedious bore's story told by himself in the dullest of droning writing imaginable.
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