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The Nieuwe Ooster by karres+brands
karres+brands: Cemeteries have always been, and still are, reflections of society: they provide an image of the relationship between the collective and the individual, the social relations of the time,...
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Memorials in general have always been a powerful storytelling landscapes as well as a political statements, usually accompanied with conventional symbols in order to be understood by the majority....
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General Maister Memorial Park by Bruto Landscape Architecture
The park, dedicated to General Maister and the soldiers for the northern border was planned as an abstract three-dimensional space, where the paths lead around geometrically cut grass crests. It is an...
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Skogskyrkogården by Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz
Design: Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz Location: Stockholm, Sweden Year of competition: 1915 Year of construction:1917-1920 Official website
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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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