Imagining Ground Zero
Subtitle: official and unofficial proposals for the World Trade Center site
By: Suzanne Stephens with Ian Luna and Ron Broadhurst ; foreword by Robert A. Ivy.
Contributors: Luna, Ian.; Broadhurst, Ron.
Publisher: Rizzoli; Architectural Record; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- 21st century; City planning -- New York (State) -- New York; World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: "Imagining Ground Zero: Official and Unofficial Proposals for the World Trade Center Site documents not only the master plan competition, won by Studio Daniel Libeskind and sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, but also proposals submitted by invitation of and published by New York magazine, proposals from the exhibition at Max Protetch Gallery, as well as a selection from the more than 5,000 schemes submitted to the competition for the World Trade Center Memorial. This survey features in depth the official scheme for the site, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with the collaboration of Daniel Libeskind of Studio Daniel Libeskind; Reflecting Absence, the winning scheme for the memorial, designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker; and, as well, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Santiago Calatrava, DMJM + Harris, and STV Group."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223).