Book contents
- Designing Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Designing Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Scaffolding Memory
- 1 Commemorative Architecture since 1914
- 2 The Dual Role of Memorial Architecture
- Part II Case Studies
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Commemorative Architecture since 1914
from Part I - Scaffolding Memory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
Book contents
- Designing Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Designing Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Scaffolding Memory
- 1 Commemorative Architecture since 1914
- 2 The Dual Role of Memorial Architecture
- Part II Case Studies
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter offers a succinct overview of the successive stages in the development of the architectural memorial, starting in the period of the two world wars and concluding with a discussion of the practices and debates of the early twenty-first century. In addition to sketching broad trends and important points of dispute and discussion, it will zoom in on a few influential projects that shaped subsequent practice, such as Jochen and Esther Shalev-Gerz’s Monument Against Fascism (1986) and Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982).
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- Designing MemoryThe Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present, pp. 19 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019