Libeskind becomes cultural ambassador for State Dept.Internationally renowned architect Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind, (born May 12, 1946 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish-born Jewish American architect, who has designed many prominent and celebrated buildings, including the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, the Denver Art Museum in the United States, the Imperial War Museum has been appointed the U.S. Department of State's first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture under the U.S. Department of State's CultureConnect initiative--a program designed to foster understanding among young people around the world. As Cultural Ambassador, Libeskind recently traveled to Tunisia where he met with young architects, university students and professors. He also addressed a standing-room-only crowd at The Tunisian School of Architecture and Design and attended a Memorial Day service at the American Cemetery in Tunis, where he met with the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. and spent time speaking with young Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during . Libeskind is an internationally renowned figure in architecture and design, whose conceptualization con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: of a new world trade center site was selected as the winner of the International Design Competition. His designs have received world-wide critical acclaim, including such buildings as the Jewish Museum Berlin The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is a museum in Berlin covering two millennia of German Jewish history. The Jewish Museum in Berlin was originally founded on Oranienburger Straße in 1933. It was closed in 1938 by the Nazi regime. and the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. |
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