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Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico by Gaeta Springall Architects

The site is in Chapultepec, the most important park of Mexico City. This part of the forest belongs to the Federal Government and was under the custody of the Secretariat of National Defense for many...

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The Bluff by OMGEVING

OMGEVING: The Bluff in the notorious ‘Ypres Salient’ is a unique wartime landscape that survives from the First World War. The site was the scene of widespread feverish digging of underground passages...

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Luisenkirchhof III Cemetery by relais Landschaftsarchitekten

relais Landschaftsarchitekten: The theme of temporality, which is omnipresent in landscape architecture, has a great influence with regard to the way historic cemeteries are dealt with. As great as...

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Garden of Remembrance by scape Landschaftsarchitekten

scape: In the “Reichskristallnacht” – the pogrom night of 9th November 1938 the Nazi regime in Germany and Austria escalated the persecution of the Jews and many synagogues were burned and destroyed...

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Pukeahu National War Memorial Park by Wraight Athfield Landscape + Architecture

Wraight Athfield Landscape + Architecture: The Pukeahu National War Memorial Park extends the influence of the existing National War Memorial into Wellington City. A folded, terraced landscape provides...

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Hofheide crematorium – Holsbeek, Belgium by OMGEVING and RCR

OMGEVING: The Flemish Plain contains a vast landscape which shapes a gentle swampy basin at this point of Hofheide. This basin is the setting for the crematorium, underscoring it and propitiating the...

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A Memorial Grove At Askim by Thorbjörn Andersson with Sweco Architects

Thorbjörn Andersson with Sweco Architects: A memorial grove is a place for those who were left behind. It is a place to visit in search for consolation, and for reflections and memories of the beloved...

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Earth Memorial in Kyriat Haim by Gitai Architects

Gitai Architects: Reflecting on a piece of land can awake different senses and memories from stories and events that occurred to us in the past and that might happen in the future. The contemplation on...

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Norway’s July 22 Memorial Sites by Jonas Dahlberg Studio

Jonas Dahlberg: "An emotional observation informs my overall concept. During the initial site visit to Utøya, I noticed how different the feeling was of walking outside in nature, compared to the...

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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain by Gustafson Porter + Bowman

Gustafson Porter Shared with us one of their classics. "The work to turn the design of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain from an artist's impression into reality involved skilled craftsmen...

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Poppy Plaza by the marc boutin architectural collaborative

Poppy Plaza is the first of a series of planned public spaces along The Memorial Drive Landscape of Memory, a 9.5 km pathway that runs parallel to Memorial Drive and is designed to honour the...

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Give Peace a Chance by Cardinal Hardy

Cardinal Hardy: The work “Give Peace a Chance” commemorates the famous John Lennon song written during his 1969 Montréal bed-in with Yoko Ono. Conceived by artist Linda Covit and Groupe Cardinal...

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Friedhof am Hörnli, Riehen A Living Place of Refuge by Vetschpartner...

Switzerland’s largest cemetery and the central cemetery of the city of Basel exudes a monumental power with its clear axes and old trees. The redesign of sector 12 on the cemetery’s rearward slope...

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Langedijk Cemetery by karres+brands

karres+brands: A cemetery intended for 2,500 graves and 180 children’s graves is not a straightforward commission. In this location the cemetery forms a green recreational structure within the...

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National Emergency Services Memorial by Aspect Studios

Aspect Studios: The National Emergency Services Memorial honors the thousands of men and women who serve and have served in Australia’s emergency services. The memorial provides a place to reflect on...

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Sharpeville Memorial Garden by GREENinc Landscape Architecture

GREENinc Landscape Architecture: The Sharpeville Massacre – also known as the Sharpeville Shootings – occurred on the 21st of March 1960. 69 People were killed, including 8 women and 10 children. Over...

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Laroque Des Alberes Cemetery by EMF Landscape Architecture

EMF M. Franch: Under a field of cherry desenaris assayed the relationship between traditional forest-northern cemetery and the cemetery Mediterranean tradition-building, to locate a program without...

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The Memorial Bridge by 3LHD Architects

3LHD: The Memorial Bridge is a spatial intervention and an urban public object, a construction with tactile properties and a symbolic object. It is a pedestrian bridge that embodies the utilitarian...

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Monument of Alpini by Paolo Didonè and Devvy Comacchio

A MAP is a whole of symbols recalling territorial concepts. The project is this as well: a map where takes place an abstract analysis of our territory and the bond established between mountains and...

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Saiki Peace Memorial Park by Earthscape

The old naval facilities on this site, which was a former naval port, were dismantled and the area transformed into a park, before being opened to the public. The large open air is covered by grass and...

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Dublin Grounds of Remembrance by PLANT Architect

The Dublin Grounds of Remembrance in Dublin, Ohio, is a one acre-park honouring the service of veterans and their families. On a site with no prior military significance, the project eschews a...

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Old Graveyard Leinefelde by [f] landschaftsarchitektur gmbh

[f] landschaftsarchitektur: The design of the old graveyard of Leinefelde is creating a new open space in the heart of the public area of the historic district of Leinefelde. The aim is to revive the...

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Kashiwa Center Cemetery by PLATdesign

PLATdesign: What kind of a place is a cemetery? We began the design of this project by reconsidering the nature of cemeteries. For the family and friends of those deceased, going to visit the cemetery...

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Canadian Firefighters Memorial by PLANT Architect

PLANT Architect: The Canadian Firefighters Memorial officially opened on September 9, in Ottawa. Located at the site of the capital’s devastating fire of 1900, this urban-planning memorial ensemble was...

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Footscray Park Memorial Garden by Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture

Fitzgerald Frisby: In the aftermath of two world wars, the Footscray community was keen to have those that did not return appropriately remembered. An Avenue of Honour was established along the broad...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Gateway by 2.ink Studio Landscape Architecture

2.ink Studio: The NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Gateway and Heritage Markers Project supports the ongoing efforts of area residents and business owners to highlight the unique identity of...

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National 9/11 Memorial by PWP Landscape Architecture

The Memorial commemorates the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon as well as the World Trade Center attack of February...

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Mont-roig del Camp Cemetery Enlargement by AAB Arquitectes – Jofre Roca...

AAB Arquitectes – JOFRE ROCA ESTUDI D’ARQUITECTURA: The cemetery of Mont-Roig del Camp, surrounded by fields of olives trees (Olea europaea), was built in 1862 and is located close to the town just...

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Cap-Rouge Memory Wall by Plania Landscape Architecture

At first, the project was an engineering one. It involved installing plant-covered mesh retaining fabric at the top of the cliff and a protective wall at the bottom. Later, it evolved into a landscape...

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FDR Four Freedoms Park

…I had this thought that a memorial should be a room and a garden. That’s all I had. Why did I want a room and a garden? I just chose it to be the point of departure. The garden is somehow a personal...

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Edge of History – Pak Tsz Lane Park by Gravity Green

The historical and cultural background of the site formed the centre of the design concept and approaches, that Pak Tsz Lane was revitalized to become a park in Central district to retrace the old...

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Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum Landscape by Halvorson Design Partnership

During the master planning process, which began in the late 1990s, the Trustees of Lakewood Cemetery asked Halvorson Design Partnership to take on the challenge of integrating a large new mausoleum in...

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Remembrance Place in Glacis Park by Ateliers 2/3/4/

A new organization of the main station has involved the demolition of the existing memorial. The city of Besançon has wanted to create a "place of remembrance" that would incorporate elements of the...

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Esterwegen Memorial by WES Landscape Architecture – UPDATED

On the site of the concentration camp Esterwegen, built in 1933, a memorial was set up in memory of all fifteen camps in the Ems region and their victims. None of the above-ground construction elements...

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The Third Train by Gilles Brusset

THE ORDER – A PATH OF PEACE IN LES HAUTS-DE-FRANCE | A  CREATIVE AND SCENIC JOURNEY ON THE SITES OF MEMORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Gilles Brusset: Impacted by the brutality of the 20’s century wars, the...

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Luisenstädtischer Cemetery

Graveyards are not just burial places. Many of these spaces are also used for contemplative walks in the context of cultural witnessing. They are scenic as well as being ecologically rich. Many...

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Loenen Memorial Cemetery Extension by karres en brands

Loenen Memorial Cemetery is the final resting place of nearly 4,000 Dutch soldiers and civilians. They lost their lives during World War II and in other violent conflicts that followed, such as the...

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Victorian Emergency Services Memorial, Australia, by Rush Wright Associates

Rush Wright Associate was engaged to design a new memorial for the CFA and Emergency Management Victoria. The new Victoria Emergency Services Memorial is crafted from the need to integrate the...

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Berlin Wall Memorial by SINAI

The existing historical traces on Bernauer Strasse made legible with a differentiated fabric of topographical signs. The Berlin Wall Memorial – recognize, explore, remember The memorial stretches for...

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New Entrance to Bispebjerg Cemetery by VEGA landskab

The plaza and new entrance to Bispebjerg Cemetery is a new urban space in an area that used to be inside the walls of the cemetery. As a gesture to the neighbourhood, the Cemetery is opened and made...

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Castle Hill Cemetery by Taylor Brammer

Located in Sydney, Australia Taylor Brammer Landscape Architects with Welsh + Major Architects created a new contemporary vision for the 140-year-old bushland cemetery. The site is located on the land...

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Forest Path in the Roques Blanques Cemetery in the Collserola Natural Park by...

The Forest Path is part of a larger, existing cemetery, where Batlleiroig designed one of their first projects as early as 1985. A shift in people's relation to burial traditions and issues of space...

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Curtin University Indigenous Learning Circle by UDLA

Yarning Circle The Curtin University Indigenous Learning Circle (Yarning Circle) is a culturally welcoming space for On Country and integrated learning experiences within Curtin University’s Perth...

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Espacio Escultórico Wins Prestigious International Carlo Scarpa Prize

Awarded the prestigious 2023-2024 International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens, the Espacio Escultórico in Pedregal de San Ángel, Mexico City, is celebrated for its blend of art, nature, and history....

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Green over Gray – The Land Bridge and Prairie in Memorial Park by NBWLA

Memorial Park is a 1,464-acre park — one of the largest in the United States and the largest urban wilderness area in Houston. In 1955, the six-lane Memorial Drive was built, dissecting the park into...

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Former Deportation Station Bobigny by OKRA

Memory in the CityA new memorial park revealing the history of the Deportation of Jews from FranceIn Bobigny, the landscape has been given a role as a narrator and curator of the history of the place....

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Lilleøya Cemetery Park by PIR2

Lilleøya is a 60 000 m2 cemetery park with only shared graves, the first of its kind in Norway. It has approximately 13,000 graves, divided into coffins and urns. The area was Oslo Airport’s backyard...

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International African American Museum by Hood Design Studio

In 2016, Hood Design Studio began a collaborative journey for the African Ancestors Memorial Gardens in Charleston, bringing together a diverse group of artists, academics, historians, activists,...

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The Space of Synagogues by FRL

“Where is Jewish Lviv? Where are its roughly 45 synagogues and prayer houses which are said to have existed until World War II? At first glance, any trace of this religious life seems obliterated,...

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Karlslunde Park Cemetery by LYTT

The new cemetery extension in Karlslunde offers a unique blend of a traditional burial space and a serene park experience. It honors the cemetery’s purpose while inviting visitors to connect with...

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