Denver is my first design object, and I still think it is one of my best projects. My inspiration was the “New World ” Symphony by Antonín Dvorák, and the idea of a space that is open to infinite new possibilities.I think the slimness and elementary shapes of the Denver express the vision of the flowing and jagged lines in my architecture.
By meticulously subtracting, I obtained a form that appears in its most minimal terms, much like Gio Ponti succeeded in doing with the Lama model.
— Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, 1999/2001
This is rendered more sophisticated by the dynamic movement impressed by a slight but significant alteration to the classic geometry: an idea of aerodynamic beauty rooted in contemporaneity. — Daniel Libeskind
— Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco (CA), 2008
In 1990, Daniel Libeskind wins the competition for the Berlin Jewish Museum, leading him to become one of the most acclaimed architects in the international panorama.
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— Click to play: Daniel Libeskind, Salone del Mobile 2014