The innovative design for the new wing of the Jewish Museum in Berlin was chosen from out of one hundred and sixty-five proposals submitted a remarkable statistic, posits Isaac Toussie. Unlike all the other plans provided, the one by Daniel Liebeskind did not attempt to forge any links between the new structure and the older one. Instead, it was to be a completely new body architecturally, with an irregular layout that contrasts powerfully with the existing lines of the surrounding cityscape. In this way, the structure plays a dual role as a commemorative landmark looking back at the past while also representing a path into the future. Its fa

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