Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architectural practice and urban design.

Born in Poland in 1946, Libeskind became an American citizen in 1965. He studied music in Israel and in New York, becoming a virtuoso performer. He left music to study architecture, performer. He left music to study architecture, receiving his professional architectural degree from New York’s Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1970. He also holds a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture from the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University.

His works include the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück, Germany. He is presently designing and constructing the Spiral Extension to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, The Imperial War Museum in San Francisco. Earlier this year, his firm was selected as the final architect to lead the design of the Royal Ontario Museum’s ambitious transformation project, Renaissance ROM.

Libeskind has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Hiroshima Art Prize (given to an artist whose work promotes peace), the German Architecture Prize for the Jewish Museum Berlin, and the Goethe Medaillon.