Foster + Partners Wins Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Competition Matt Hickman June 23, 2025 No Comments The competition short list also included Heatherwick Studio, WilkinsonEyre, and others.Read More
Kéré Architecture–Designed Thomas Sankara Mausoleum Opens in Burkina Faso Dante A. Ciampaglia May 23, 2025 No Comments The building is a memorial to the West African nation’s former leader and anchors a larger development.Read More
Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio Among Firms Shortlisted for Planned Memorial to Queen Elizabeth II Matt Hickman February 26, 2025 No Comments A winner selected from the five finalist teams will be announced this summer.Read More
Liam O’Connor Wins 2025 Driehaus Architecture Prize Matt Hickman January 30, 2025 No Comments Best known for his public memorials, the British architect joins past laureates including Michael Graves, Thomas Beeby, and Robert A.M. Stern.Read More
Kengo Kuma to Design Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C. Matt Hickman October 4, 2024 One Comment The Japanese architect replaces Marlon Blackwell, who was first selected for the project in July 2023. Read More
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation Shares Images of John Ronan’s Winning Design Concept Matt Hickman September 16, 2024 No Comments The concept for the first-of-its-kind Washington, D.C., memorial Mall will be presented to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on September 19.Read More
RECORD Forum Safe Space: A Pair of New Holocaust Museums Illustrate a Shift in the Architecture of Atrocity Izzy Kornblatt June 3, 2024 No Comments Memorials and museums are moving from confrontation to comfort, diluting the past's potency.Read More
John Ronan Architects to Design the Fallen Journalists Memorial on the National Mall Matt Hickman March 13, 2024 No Comments The Chicago-based firm’s design concept triumphed over shortlisted proposals from Höweler + Yoon, MOS with Hood Design Studio, and NADAAA.Read More
Melbourne's Holocaust Museum Counters Historical Trauma with Daylight and Warmth Melbourne Joann Gonchar, FAIA February 5, 2024 No Comments Kerstin Thompson Architects frames the museum's difficult subject matter with a welcoming and nuanced structure.Read More
Emanuel Nine Memorial Breaks Ground in Charleston Izzy Kornblatt July 25, 2023 No Comments Designed by Michael Arad, the memorial honors the victims of the 2015 mass shooting at the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church.Read More