1946 | 
             
born
in Łódź
/ Poland | 
          
          
            |  1957 | 
            Libeskind´s
family emigrates to Israel | 
          
          
             1960 
             | 
            moves
to the United States 
             | 
          
          
            |  1965 | 
            receives
the American citizenship | 
          
          
            |  1968 | 
            studies
under Richard
Meier | 
          
          
             1970
             
             | 
            graduates
in architecture at the Cooper
Union  
for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC | 
          
          
            |  1972 | 
            receives
master
in History of architecture at the  
University
of Essex 
             | 
          
          
             
             | 
            works
short time for Peter
Eisenman | 
          
          
             1978-85
             
             | 
            becomes
dean of the Achitecture department at the 
            Cranbrook Academy of Art
in Michigan | 
          
          
            |  1989 | 
            moves
to Berlin and founds his architectural office 
             | 
          
          
            |  1997 | 
            gets
honorary doctorate from
Humbold-Universität | 
          
          
            |  1998 | 
            Felix-Nussbaum
House
= his first building 
             | 
          
          
            |  2003 | 
            moves
to New York City 
             
             |