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"Architecture is a field of repression": Daniel Libeskind on childhood memories, trauma, and architecture

In the context of a recent exhibition, Daniel Libeskind talked with architectural historian Gillian Darley on issues of memory and trauma in regards to architecture. Credit: Studio Libeskind The WTC site masterplan. Credit: DBOX via Studio Libeskind An image of the Jewish Museum, Berlin. Credit: BitterBredt via Studio Libeskind The WTC memorial site. Credit: Joe Woolhead via Studio Libeskind An aerial view of the Jewish Museum. Credit: Guenter Schneider via Studio Libeskind A 1952 image of the Libeskind family. Credit: Libeskind family archive, via Newsweek

An aerial view of the Jewish Museum. Credit: Guenter Schneider via Studio Libeskind

An aerial view of the Jewish Museum. Credit: Guenter Schneider via Studio Libeskind