Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture

by Daniel Libeskind

More than a memoir. An autobiography of architecture, culture, and people.

One of the most influential architects of our time recounts an extraordinary life, from his childhood in post-war Poland as the son of Holocaust survivors, to his controversial and dramatic recounting of the designing of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center.

“Libeskind’s greatest gift is for interweaving simple, commemorative concepts and abstract architectural ideas—there is no one alive who does this better.”—Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2004

About the author

Daniel Libeskind is an internationally renowned architect, known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Dublin Performing Arts Center in Dublin, Ireland. His practice is designing commercial, residential, and cultural buildings around the world. His Master Plan for rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City was selected in 2003 and has served as the blueprint for the entire site, including the Freedom Tower, the Memorial, the Museum, and the PATH Terminal.

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