The fabled architectural sketch on a cocktail napkin has made a comeback. But in the case of the new Denver Art Museum, it was a boarding pass—Daniel Libeskind says he grabbed it as he flew over the city: "I copied the shapes I saw out of my airplane window—the craggy cliffs of the Rockies." Libeskind is the Great Communicator when it comes to explaining his edgy abstract designs to the public—a talent that got a workout when he won his highest-profile commission, to plan the World Trade Center site. But while that scheme was being pummeled by the forces of big-city real estate and politics, his glimmering museum was quietly rising in Denver. Set to open Oct. 7, it's the Polish-born, American-bred architect's first building in the United States.
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