Breaking ground : [adventures in life and architecture] / Daniel Libeskind ; with Sarah Crichton.

Main entry:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946- author.

Title & Author:

Breaking ground : [adventures in life and architecture] / Daniel Libeskind ; with Sarah Crichton.

Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Foundations -- 2. A sense of place -- 3. Light -- 4. Building -- 5. Faces -- 6. Herzblut -- 7. The proposal -- 8. The invisible -- 9. Materials -- 10. Forced marriage -- 11. Faith.

Summary:

A noted architect shares his iconoclastic approach to the creation of public space and his unique vision for the construction of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site.

Resources:
ebrary
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1573222925 (acid-free paper)
9781573222921 (acid-free paper)
9780719566547
0719566541

Subject:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Libeskind, Daniel.
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
Architects United States Biography.
Office buildings Reconstruction New York (State) New York Designs and plans.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Immeubles de bureaux Reconstruction New York (État) New York Dessins et plans.
Architects
Office buildings Reconstruction
Office buildings New York (N.Y.) Designs and plans.
World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) New York World Trade Center Site
New York (State) New York
United States

Form/genre:

Autobiography
Autobiographies.
architectural drawings (visual works)
autobiographies (literary genre)
Architectural drawings
Biographies
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Crichton, Sarah, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232936
Call No.: NA44.L695 .A35 2004
Status: Available

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