Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a
Polish-American architect,
artist,
professor and
set designer of
Polish Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect. His buildings include the
Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, the extension to the
Denver Art Museum in the United States, the
Grand Canal Theatre in
Dublin, the
Imperial War Museum North in
Greater Manchester, England, the
Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the
Royal Ontario Museum in
Toronto, Canada, the
Felix Nussbaum Haus in
Osnabrück, Germany, the
Danish Jewish Museum in
Copenhagen, Denmark, and the
Wohl Centre at the
Bar-Ilan University in
Ramat-Gan,
Israel. His portfolio also includes several residential projects. Libeskind's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the
Museum of Modern Art, the
Bauhaus Archives, the
Art Institute of Chicago, and the
Centre Pompidou. On February 27, 2003, Libeskind won the competition to be the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the
World Trade Center site in
Lower Manhattan.