Daniel Libeskind - Recognition

Recognition

  • Gold medal for Architecture at the National Arts Club (2007)
  • RIBA International Award for Wohl Centre at Bar-Ilan University (2006)
  • RIBA International Award for the Imperial War Museum North (2004)
  • RIBA Award for the London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre (2004)
  • Appointed as the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U.S. Department of State (2004)
  • Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England (2004)
  • Man of the Year Award from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2004)
  • First architect to win the Hiroshima Art Prize, awarded to an artist whose work promotes international understanding and peace (2001)
  • Goethe Medal for cultural contribution by the Goethe Institute (2000)
  • Time Magazine Best of 1998 Design Awards for the Felix Nussbaum Haus (1998)
  • Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1996)
  • Venice Biennale First Prize Stone Lion Award for Palmanova Project (1985)
  • National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts Grant for Studies in Architecture (1983)
  • American Institute of Architects Medal for Highest Scholastic Achievement (1970)
  • First recipient of honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Art (DFA) from University of Ulster in recognition of his outstanding services to global architecture and design (2009)
  • In 2003, he received the Leo Baeck Medal for his humanitarian work promoting tolerance and social justice.

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