Daniel Libeskind and the contemporary Jewish museum : new Jewish architecture from Berlin to San Francisco / edited by Connie Wolf ; with contributions by Daniel Libeskind, Mitchell Schwarzer, and James E. Young.

Main entry:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-

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Description:

127 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum building on June 8, 2008"--Title page verso.
"Published in conjunction with the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum building on June 8 2008"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).
Preface / Connie Wolf -- Toward a California Judaism / Mitchell Schwarzer -- Daniel Libeskind's new Jewish architecture / James E. Young -- Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1988, 1991-99 ; Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabrück, Germany, 1996-98 ; Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003 ; Glass Courtyard, Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2004-07 ; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, 1998-2008 / Daniel Libeskind -- About Daniel Libeskind.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The definitive book of Libeskind's powerful Jewish museums, released on the eve of completion of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.

Resources:
Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780847831654 (hbk.)
0847831655 (hbk.)

Subject:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946- Themes, motives.
Libeskind Daniel 1946- Criticism and interpretation.
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Libeskind, Daniel.
Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, Calif.)
Museum architecture.
Jewish museums Design and construction.
Architecture des musées.
museums (buildings)
Themes, motives.
Museumsbau
Jüdisches Museum

Added entries:

Wolf, Connie.
Schwarzer, Mitchell.
Young, James Edward.
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Location: Library main 258985
Call No.: BIB 189836
Status: Available

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