Edge of Order
Daniel Libeskind with Tim McKeough
Clarkson Potter, November 2018

Hardcover | 10-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches | 320 pages | English | ISBN: 978-0451497352 | $80.00

Publisher Description:
As one of the foremost architects of our time, Daniel Libeskind has spent his career challenging both the constraints of corporate architecture and the conventions of academia. With a decades-long history of provocative designs, he is now known globally for such landmarks as the Jewish Museum Berlin and the World Trade Center Master Plan, among more than forty projects completed and another forty-five in progress. His latest project, brilliantly reflective of his guiding philosophies, is EDGE OF ORDER.dDAB Commentary:
Daniel Libeskind's career is defined by two projects: the Jewish Museum Berlin (1989-2001) and the World Trade Center Masterplan (2003). In both cases the Polish-born architect won competitions for projects that would take more than a decade to realize. The differences, relevant in the case of his new monograph, have to do with the man himself. Libeskind was relatively unknown in 1989 when he was named the architect of what was then the Jewish Department of the Berlin Museum, although his inclusion in the Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition at MoMA the year before helped change that. Up to that point he was known as a "paper architect" -- one who drew rather than built -- and a fairly esoteric wordsmith. By the time he won the WTC masterp...