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Our lives are complex our emotions are complex our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every single space that we have, in every intimacy that we possess.
Daniel Libeskind
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Daniel Libeskind
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 12
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