DRIFT Reconstructs Twin Towers with 2,977 Lights in New York Harbor

Key facts

• DRIFT, with Shigeru Ban, Dean Maltz, Yan Paul Dubbelman, Sky Elements, and Addison Mehr, rebuilt the Twin Towers at full architectural scale in New York Harbor on September 9 using 2,977 lights.
• The work, titled "2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor," was scored to Philip Glass, John Adams's "On The Transmigration of Souls," and Max Richter's "On the Nature of Daylight."
• Daniel Libeskind was named the 2026 Praemium Imperiale laureate for Architecture.
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• The Centre Pompidou exhibition will feature 40 works and debut a previously unseen work by Julien Creuzet.
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