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The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission selects a design titled “The Weight of Sacrifice” for the National World War I Memorial by Joseph Weishaar, a graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas.
The Monument London: City memorial, England – by architect Christopher Wren: info + photos – The Monument in London, Fish Street Hill architecture, column
The construction of the memorial was designed to allow for a collaborative construction open to volunteers, the parents of the victims and former members of the youth labour party (AUF-veterans), owner of the island – following a Norwegian tradition called ‘‘Dugnad’’.
The future National Memorial to Victims of Communism will be prominently located on Confederation Boulevard (Wellington Street) beside the Supreme Court of Canada and Library and Archives Canada, with views toward the Peace Tower and other key federal institutions
The Sleuk Rith Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – design by Zaha Hadid Architects – Cambodia Institute and Genocide Memorial Building, Cambodian architecture
Design: Studio Daniel Libeskind. The building, by this world-famous architect of Polish Jewish descent, is designed to honour and commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and recognize Canadian survivors
The Monument will be located within the historic LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, symbolically located across from the Canadian War Museum.
Design: John McAslan + Partners. The new Amphitheatre designed by John McAslan + Partners marks the first phase of the practice’s masterplan for the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda. It will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday 8th April 2014.
Any visitor to Sobibór must first and foremost be struck by the stark he contrast between the bucolic beauty of the surroundings, especially enticing in spring and summer, and the symbolic meaning of the grounds where an extermination camp had been located
Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corporation proves stronger than Superstorm Sandy and nears completion of recovery efforts. The New Jersey firm has worked at the international symbol of freedom for twenty years.
This is a one-acre park that honours the service of veterans, and revitalizes the City’s heritage settlement. The project eschews a traditional monument in favour of promoting the act of habitual walking and social gathering.
It is located on a small hill east of Be’er Sheva. When we visited it there was a group of soldiers ahead of us that climbed the hill and then sat down in the shade. The feel of the place is stark with sun-bleached brutal concrete twisted and warped, clutching to the dusty top of this barren hill.
Formally and conceptually, we decided that our intervention here should address surface rather than volume; it should be horizontal rather than vertical. As opposed to the mountain of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Battle of the Nations monument), we were the sea that steadily wears down the hard rock and turns it into sand.
The sculptural and architectural proposal consists in a 45-meter tall element that emphasizes the hierarchy of the main entrance to the city of León, Guanajuato, México.
Germany’s Monument To Freedom And Unity Will Be Based On Designs Created By Sasha Waltz And Milla & Partner. Their concept puts “citizens In Motion” And Emerged As The Favorite In The Final Selection Process.
The copper Loggia is the formal ceremonial backdrop, panoramic window, and shelter – it is the hub for Veterans and Memorial Day celebrations, and daily provides an intimate experience with its bronze poem wall and seat at the ends
This memorial is a mis-en-scene with four characters integrated into a Canadian landscape shaped to frame daily visits and annual ceremonies.
The single granite monolith will be sited in the Darwin Centre garden at the Natural History Museum thanks to a £550,000 grant from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is expected to be completed next spring
Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial Inc. is sponsoring an international open two-stage design competition for the purpose of realizing an inspiring Memorial to the Holocaust and genocide on a magnificent site dedicated for that purpose by the city of Atlantic City, NJ.
The council’s planning applications sub committee gave the go ahead for a £3.5m monument to be built at the Piccadilly entrance to Green Park in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by Bomber Command in World War II
A symmetrical bridge over a pond metaphorically connects Japan and the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Japanese immigration memorial evokes cohesion along with continuous movement and interdependence.
