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
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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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March 04, 2007: This book is about Daniel Libeskind?s personal mission to build knifelike, crystalline shapes no matter what the building program or context. His work seems to be about superficial shapes instead of innovative design. And Libeskind can?t seem to work with people, listen to their needs or understand the unique urban context of any city in which he?s hired to do work. So most of this book is about the author and his wife fighting with the public and municipalities trying to force Libeskind?s ?vision? on people who didn?t really want it. (Not surprisingly, after the Denver Art Museum was deemed a failure, and totally unsuitable for the display of artworks, the City of Denver just rejected Libeskind?s attempt to destroy their Civic Center Park with more meaningless designs and pointy shapes.) - Not recommended.


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