Daniel Libeskind, Architect and Urban Designer Keynote at MIPIM Asia 2007

Daniel Libeskind, Architect and Urban Designer Keynote at MIPIM Asia 2007

November 08, 2007

    HONG KONG, Nov. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Architects
from around the world will be meeting in Hong Kong to
attend the second edition of MIPIM Asia, the world's
property market in Asia-Pacific (28-30 November, Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre).  This year MIPIM Asia
announces the presence of Daniel Libeskind, the
internationally-renowned architect and urban designer, who
will speak on Tuesday 29 November, during the conference on
trends in Asia Pacific architecture. 

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    Acknowledged as one of the most influential architects
of his generation, award-winning Daniel Libeskind was
chosen in July 2003 to redesign the reconstruction of
Ground Zero in New York City.  Among other projects, he has
designed the extension of the Royal Museum in Ontario
(Canada), the Dresden Museum of Military History (Germany),
The Grand Canal Performing Arts Centre and Galleria in
Dublin (Ireland), The Sukkah, an extension to the Berlin
Jewish Museum, and, "Westside," Europe's largest
shopping centre located in the Bern Region in Switzerland
and due to open in 2008.

    For Libeskind, architecture is not just about making
buildings, but also about expressing culture and history. 
From this perspective he designed the Jewish Museum in
Berlin (Germany), The Imperial War Museum North in
Manchester (United Kingdom), the Museum of Danish Jews in
Copenhagen (Denmark) and the Memoria e Lucce in Padua
(Italy). 

    MIPIM Asia, which will bring together leading companies
involved in real estate business, has proved particularly
popular with many architecture specialists.  To date, some
50 architectural practices from 19 countries will be
attending the three-day event.  Just a month from its
opening, MIPIM Asia has already registered some 1,300 real
estate professionals and 599 companies from 44 countries. 


    Architectural companies exhibiting at MIPIM Asia
include Aedas Ltd. (Hong Kong), Air-French New Architects
(France), Archetype Group (Viet Nam), Archibat (France),
Arquitectonica (Hong Kong), Benoy Ltd (UK), DI Design &
Development Consultants (UK), Gansam Partners (South Korea),
HOK International (Hong Kong), Jerde Partnership (Hong
Kong), Kasian Global China (China), La Guarda Low
Architects (USA), Manuelle Gautrand (France), Wet Design
(USA). 

    You can find detailed information about MIPIM Asia at:
http://www.mipimasia.com .


    For more press information, please contact: 

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