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Tag Archives: World War I
More on the WWI winner
Yesterday’s announcement of a winner in the open international competition for a national World War I memorial sent me rushing to find out how it had changed since its selection as one of five finalists. And the winner is Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Devin Kimmel, Franck Lohsen McCrery, Gen. John Pershing, Joseph Weishaar, Justin Shubow, Manhattan Institute, Paul Friedberg, Penn Station, Pershing Park, Philip Kennicott, Sabin Howard, Sculpture, War Memorials, Washington DC, Washington Post, World Trade Center, World War I, World War One Centennial Commission
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Finalists for WWI memorial
The jury in the design competition for a World War I memorial near the White House in Washington, D.C., has narrowed more than 350 entries down to a final five. One of them, arguably two, are classical, and already the … Continue reading
Shubow on WWI memorials
Here is the latest column in Forbes magazine by Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society, on the design competition for a monument to World War I: “First Look at the World War I Memorial Competition: All the … Continue reading
A memorial contest for WWI
An international competition will be held to design a memorial for World War I – the only major U.S. conflict without a national monument on the Mall. The memorial would not be federally funded. The $20 million or so cost … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Art and design, Development
Tagged Frank Gehry, GSA, Justin Shubow, Memorials, National Civic Art Society, World War I
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Trench of blood and poppies
Among the most moving, impressive and beautiful temporary memorials in recent years is the flood of blood poppies in the moat around the Tower of London. Conceived by artist Peter Cummins to honor the sacrifice of Britons who died in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Other countries
Tagged Britain, London, Memorials, Peter Cummins, Poppies, Tower of London, World War I
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Britannica on architecture, c. 1911
I dragged out my 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. My edition is actually the 12th edition, which is the 11th plus an appendix updating, in 1922, various important subjects, many of which had seen their articles in the famous … Continue reading