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Completed by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects in 2017, the National Memorial Hall for Israel’s Fallen is set in the hillside of Mount Herzl and features a wall of names comprising over 23,000 bricks, each with the name of a fallen soldier, the date of their death, and space for a candle.
Completed by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects in 2017, the National Memorial Hall for Israel’s Fallen is set in the hillside of Mount Herzl and features a wall of names comprising over 23,000 bricks, e[...]
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Tadao Ando designed this memorial to the victims of the Great Hanshin earthquake, which killed more than 6,000 people in 1995, at Awaji Yumebutai, a conference center and hotel development.
Tadao Ando designed this memorial to the victims of the Great Hanshin earthquake, which killed more than 6,000 people in 1995, at Awaji Yumebutai, a conference center and hotel development. One hundre[...]
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Located in Hyde Park, this oval-shaped granite fountain, which opened in 2004, pays tribute to the late Princess of Wales.
Located in Hyde Park, this oval-shaped granite fountain, which opened in 2004, pays tribute to the late Princess of Wales. Water cascades through Gustafson Porter + Bowman’s design and slows to a[...]
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Titled Infinite Wave, architect George King’s 2019 memorial to the 31 British nationals killed in terrorist attacks in Tunisia in 2015 was inspired by flowing water.
Titled Infinite Wave, architect George King’s 2019 memorial to the 31 British nationals killed in terrorist attacks in Tunisia in 2015 was inspired by flowing water. The structure is made up of 3[...]
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Memorializing lives lost in Mexico’s drug war, local firm Gaeta-Springall Arquitectos’s 2012 Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico used CorTen steel, water, light, and trees to create a poetic, impactful experience.
Memorializing lives lost in Mexico’s drug war, local firm Gaeta-Springall Arquitectos’s 2012 Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico used CorTen steel, water, light, and trees to creat[...]
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Completed in 2016, the New York City AIDS Memorial is located beside the former site of St.
Completed in 2016, the New York City AIDS Memorial is located beside the former site of St. Vincent’s Hospital, which was at the center of the AIDS epidemic. The open and airy design by Studio AI[...]
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Designed by MASS Design Group, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice pays tribute to the 4,400 Black Americans murdered in lynchings from 1877 to 1950.
Designed by MASS Design Group, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice pays tribute to the 4,400 Black Americans murdered in lynchings from 1877 to 1950. Six-foot-tall CorTen steel slabs hang from[...]
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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture was established by an act of Congress in 2003 and opened in 2016, almost a century after it was first conceived.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture was established by an act of Congress in 2003 and opened in 2016, almost a century after it was first conceived. The museum, whi[...]
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Daniel Libeskind’s design for Ottawa’s National Holocaust Museum consists of six concrete triangles—a reference to the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear and the triangular identification badges that were mandatory for other victims, such as gays and lesbians, Sinti and Roma, and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Daniel Libeskind’s design for Ottawa’s National Holocaust Museum consists of six concrete triangles—a reference to the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear and the triangu[...]
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Completed in 1993, Jochen Gerz’s The Invisible Monument memorializes the 2,146 Jewish cemeteries that existed before the Third Reich.
Completed in 1993, Jochen Gerz’s The Invisible Monument memorializes the 2,146 Jewish cemeteries that existed before the Third Reich. Gerz and his students at the School of Fine Arts in SaarbrÃÂ[...]
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In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials (Phaidon, $70)
In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials (Phaidon, $70)
From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the 9/11 Memorial, these designs have shaped culture and consciousness to become indelible parts of their locations
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
