Breaking Ground: An Immigrant's Journey from Poland to Ground Zero

More than a memoir. An autobiography of architecture, culture, and people.

One of the most influential architects of our time recounts an extraordinary life, from his childhood in post-war Poland as the son of Holocaust survivors, to his controversial and dramatic recounting of the designing of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center.

“Libeskind’s greatest gift is for interweaving simple, commemorative concepts and abstract architectural ideas—there is no one alive who does this better.”—Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker