The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents...The Language of Architecture, a lecture by Daniel Libeskind.
Mr. Daniel Libeskind, a Polish-American architect born in 1946, is the founder of Studio Daniel Libeskind. As a child, Mr. Libeskind was a talented musician and performed on Polish television. In 1959, at 13 years old, Libeskind was the recipient of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship to study music in Israel. He moved to New York with his family where he continued to foster his musical talent and performer. He later left the world of music to study architecture and received his professional architectural degree in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University in England in 1972.
Mr. Libeskind has lived in New York, Toronto, Michigan, Italy, Germany, and Los Angeles and has taught at numerous universities including, the University of Kentucky, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania, and is a visiting professor at the Leuphana University Luenburg in Lüneburg, Germany.
He has received numerous awards and designed world-renowned projects including: the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Denver Art Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Military History Museum in Dresden, and the master plan for Ground Zero among others. Several of Daniel Libeskind’s projects are currently under construction, among which CityLife, project of re-qualification of the old fairgrounds district in Milan, which includes a new urban park, as well as residential, office, retail and cultural areas, and Zlota 44; a residential high-rise tower in Warsaw, Poland.
This lecture marks the 20-year anniversary of Daniel Libeskind's 1995 Raoul Wallenberg lecture.
Lecture made possible by the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Benard L. Maas Foundation, and generous donors to the Raoul Wallenberg Lecture Fund.
5pm reception at the Michigan Union Ballroom
About the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning: The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful, inclusive, and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice, advancing global engagement, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report), Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, and PhD programs.
University of Michigan - The University of Michigan is one of the nation’s leading public universities, according to the U.S. News & World Report, and is ranked 29th overall amongst public and private universities. Of the 130 UM graduate programs evaluated by U.S. News & World Report, 99 are ranked in the top ten. Only three other universities have more top-ten graduate programs than the University of Michigan. Over the years, the university has grown to include 19 schools and colleges covering the liberal arts and sciences as well as most professions and has a population of almost 44,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. According to the latest national data, the university’s expenditures on research ($1.32 billion in FY2012) represent more than any other U.S. public university.
