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Remembrance Now - 21st-Century Memorial Architecture (Hardcover)
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Remembrance Now - 21st-Century Memorial Architecture (Hardcover)
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Memorials have long been an important part of our built
environments. In recent decades, there have been enormous changes
in who and what we commemorate, and how. This increasing need for
unique and sensitive memorials opens up new creative horizons for
architects tasked with translating complex subjects and feelings
into emotive spatial experiences that are as memorable as they are
commemorative. This book showcases 45 contemporary memorials dating
from since the beginning of the 21st century. Hauntingly eloquent,
or starkly confrontational, each example highlights the
effectiveness of such structures in focusing society’s
consciousness on important and diverse issues. From Argentina to
New Zealand, Comoros to South Korea, the memorials represent a wide
geographical spread, and each interacts in original and surprising
ways with its context. Interspersed with the memorials are
interviews with leading international architects, including Carmody
Groarke, MASS Design Group, Michael Arad, Moshe Safdie, Philippe
Prost and others. Their words offer insights into how architects
have given form to such abstract concepts as loss, love,
permanence, peace, justice, hope and memory itself.
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