Architecture as Experience - Daniel Libeskind

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/21/Daniel_Libeskind_The_Architecture_of_Hope

Celebrated architect Daniel Libeskind discusses his views of architecture as a spiritual and aesthetic experience, citing the examples of two sites he designed: the rebuilding of New York City's World Trade Center, and San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum.

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When we build things - especially beautiful things - we do so with the expectation and the wish that they will last, and through them, we will last.

Daniel Libeskind explores this idea of architecture-as-hope and elaborates on his creative process and the opening of his most recent project, San Francisco's new Contemporary Jewish Museum - The Commonwealth Club of California

Daniel Libeskind is an American Jewish architect of Berlin's Jewish Museum and San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum. Libeskind made waves when, in 2003, he won the competition to rebuild the World Trade Center.

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[sakumotod]

Daniel Libeskind's work is very inspirational and philosophical in a way. I am glad that he is commissioned for the 9/11 reconstruction

[paltakmonasereg]

libeskind was commisioned for the project due to one reason and that is being a jewish boy. why he is not stating a mosque can be erected in that wtc land? hypocrites!

[cotterk88]

@jenn111s Learn how to spell, and brush up on your grammar while you're at it.

[gforemang]

oh "of course as a master planner of NY" Mr. Libeskind, bc you've done so much architecture in NY, you are clearly justified as a master planner for it *rolls eyes*

[jenn111s]

love this man. my favourite archtects.he is one of gratest architect in word.shame on you, who are puting this coments. you are just shoving how much stupid you are. if you dont understand architecture, dont whatch this videos. dumasses

[imad34]

this guy is so full of it ...

[TheDisjunction]

hey, any of u guys knows about how his "3 lessons in architecture" the process of the 3 humanist machines is being reflected in his building??? i'm kinda curious...

[TheScramzy]

I personally cannot comprehend those who cannot appreciate the integrity of Someone like Daniel Libeskind's work. He represents the meaningful identity in architecture, and the rigorous process he uses to reach his designs is what lacks in so many other buildings today.

You don't have to like the aesthetic outcome of his work- but to critisise the skills and intelligence of this man is just plain ignorant.

[WorIdTradeCenter]

Daniel Libeskind never designed anything at ground zero, his first plan was an incompetent jungle of different buildings and other arhitects helped out him to make this plan out of the fantasy world.

[franky0ches0]

monkey!!!... he had an entry for word trade center building....