Libeskind design chosen for WTC site, but process and time-frame questions remain.

In one of the most widely publicized architect selections ever, the design by Daniel Libeskind was chosen on February 27, 2003 for the World Trade Center site. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selected the scheme by Studio Daniel Libeskind, with Gary Hack, Hargreaves Associates, and Jeff Zupan, but the rebuilding process and Libeskind's ongoing role remain unclear. A spokesman for the Port Authority, said, “We haven't made any decisions yet. We would expect that Mr. Libeskind would be involved in some fashion in all the different aspects ” of rebuilding. San Francisco, California-based architect Stanley Saitowitz is designing the conversion of a factory into a new home for the University of Waterloo School of Architecture building in Cambridge, Ontario. INSET: OFF THE RECORD.