Libeskind Design Chosen for Rebuilding at Ground Zero

[Rory W]

Just thought I'd let you know - it came from today's New York Times

[GregF]

images .......http://glasssteelandstone.com/US/NY/WTC2-2VoteResults.shtml


Foster's looked good too

[Rita Ochoa]

here greg:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/27/wtc.architect/index.html

notice the "garden tower"... it will be the world's tallest.

more about the competition:
http://www.world-memorial.org/New/building.html

[Rory W]

UGh - dont think much of this image

[kefu]

Why do I think there's no chance of us getting our own Libeskind

http://www.archeire.com/onsite/libeskind/index.html

[Paul Clerkin]

German design 'chosen for WTC'

A complex of angular towers and a spire that would be among the world's tallest structures has been chosen for the World Trade Center site in New York, official sources say. Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind's design is centred around the excavated pit of the former World Trade Center

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2803191.stm

[Paul Clerkin]

Some good illustrations of various designs here

http://www.hughpearman.com/articles4/nywtc.html

[AndrewP]

What an ugly mess that design is. And the spire is too slight to give the skyline back its 'oomph' . Seems lower Manhattan will still be a shadow of its former self after this...

[AndrewP]

Paul - do you know what happened to that Dun Laoghaire project? Was it turned down?

[Paul Clerkin]

It might even inject a new impetus into the daring plan he drew up in 2001 for the Carlisle Pier in Dún Laoghaire Harbour - a ship's prow-like structure containing a hotel, entertainment complex and emigration museum. Commissioned by Terry Devey, who made several trips to Berlin to persuade Libeskind to take on the project, it has the enthusiastic support of senior officials of Dún Laoghaoire-Rathdown County Council. But it is still an open question whether the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Authority will make the site available to realise his vision.