Imperial War Museum North

The Imperial War Museum North, located at Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1TZ, United Kingdom, was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind and completed in 2001. The building's design concept is a globe shattered into fragments and then reassembled, with three interlocking shards representing earth, air, and water. The Earth Shard forms the museum space, signifying the open, earthly realm of conflict and war; the Air Shard serves as a dramatic entry into the museum, with its projected images, observatories, and education spaces; and the Water Shard forms the platform for viewing the canal, complete with a restaurant, café, deck, and performance space. (architecture-history.org)