BACK STORY: DANIEL LIBESKIND - Our World and Soane

Daniel Libeskind has more than once named Sir John Soane (1753-1837) as the architect he most admires. To discover what the Polish-born deconstructivist sees in the oeuvre of the British classicist, join this off-the-cuff conversation with Robert Ivy, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record-and catch Libeskind's thoughts on post-Katrina housing, skyscrapers in Korea, the World Trade Center, and more. Libeskind was already regarded as one of the most influential minds in architecture when in 2001 his popular reputation soared with the unveiling of the radically designed Jewish Museum in Berlin, one of the first buildings designed after German reunification. With his subsequent appointment as the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, his name is now a household word. Currently Studio Daniel Libeskind is at work on more than 40 major commissions from around the world, including one which promises to become New York City's tallest residential building. BACK STORY: OUR WORLD AND SOANE is presented through the 2008 Soane Seminars Thoroughly Modern Soane, an ongoing series of conversations sponsored by the Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation in conjunction with Architectural Record magazine, with special support from Richard H. Driehaus. Each session invites an innovative architect to discuss his or her debt to the early 19th-century architecture of Sir John Soane. The investigation is apropos: Soane himself experimented with the use of simple masses, clean lines and forms, and dramatic manipulation of light and reflective surfaces. Union Club, 101 East 69th Street - Northeast corner of Park, New York City ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Seating is limited. Reply form. Tickets: $30 per person / $80 Patron's with private reception Please call 212-223-2012 ***Business Attire-Jacket and Tie for Gentlemen***