The signature tower of the rebuilt World Trade Center is taking shape, and not a moment too soon. With scant three weeks left, the two architectural teams working together on the tower-one led by World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein’s architect David Childs, the other by Ground Zero master planner Daniel Libeskind-have been engaged in Read More
On the afternoon of Oct. 28, developer Larry Silverstein was addressing his warring architects. His eyes were bulging. His fists were pounding. Ground Zero master planners Daniel and Nina Libeskind were there, as well as Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architectDavid Childs; the feud between the two firms over their dueling designs for the Freedom Tower Read More
On the afternoon of Oct. 28, developer Larry Silverstein was addressing his warring architects. His eyes were bulging. His fists were pounding. Ground Zero master planners Daniel and Nina Libeskind were there, as well as Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architectDavid Childs; the feud between the two firms over their dueling designs for the Freedom Tower Read More
There’s a special purgatory reserved for those who would be New York’s master builders. For those who succeed, a measure of immortality is the reward. Those who fail are condemned to the margins of arcane Gotham monographs-the might-have-beens of the city’s developed environment.
Daniel and Nina Libeskind are fighting tooth and nail to escape the Read More
When Berlin-based American architect Daniel Libeskind unveiled his plan for the World Trade Center site last month to members of families still grieving the loss of loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attack, several of them wept.
Unlike any of the competing proposals, Mr. Libeskind’s plan did something that had profound meaning for the Read More
