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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.
Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, replacing Lutyens’ earlier wood-and-plaster cenotaph in the same location.
On August 30th a wildfire occurred on a poorly inhabited Kornat Island in Croatia so the firemen from the mainland set out to extinguish it.
National Memorial Arboretum, NMA Staffordshire, Alrewas Building, English Project National Memorial Arboretum, England : NMA Alrewas National Memorial Arboretum England – design by Glenn Howells Architects 7 Sep 2012 National Memorial Arboretum England Planning approval for new Centre of Remembrance at National Memorial Arboretum This design by Glenn Howells Architects has now gained planning. image … Read more
The place opens like a dialogue from the love of Mary at the foot of the Cross. The Manquehue hill is the backdrop that contrasts with the sky. The evocation of nature reaches the relief of a sacred place.
Neue Wache Berlin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel Building. Mother with her Dead Son by Käthe Kollwitz, lit by an oculus (reminiscent of Rome’s Pantheon at a smaller scale) in centre
UN Memorial in Chungju, Korea, commemorative design by ACME architects ; Peace Park Masterplan design by Towha Engineering: building news, development
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.
7 July Memorial London, Image, Architect, Design, Architecture, News, Proposal 0707 Memorial, London Bombings Monument, England – designed by Carmody Groarke with Anthony Gormley 12 Jul 2009 0707 Memorial London 7 July Permanent Memorial Unveiling Exclusive photos Nick Weall – all available for purchase Prince Charles unveiled the 0707 Memorial – designed by Carmody Groarke … Read more
In the wake of the Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia on 26th December 2004, the Norwegian Government has put ‘The National Foundation for Art in Public Buildings’ in charge of a memorial site in Norway to honour the victims.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the convoy to Yechiam, the memorial site for those who were killed in the convoy, and for the fallen Kibbutz members, was designed.
Atlanta Arch Georgia Architecture – American Classical Monument renewal by architect Hugh Petter of Robert Adam Architects, London, England, Unted Kingdom
The memorial was inaugurated at the very site across from the round train station building on March 11 2007, the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks. It is an oval shaped glass cylinder that weighs 140 tons, is 11 meters high and has a diameter of 8 by 10.5 meters.