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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by KBAS

The Pentagon Memorial commemorating the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001, provides a long-awaited place for contemplation. Dedicated today and designed by Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies (KBAS), a Philadelphia-based architecture firm founded by Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman, the memorial is composed of 184 cantilevered benches—one for each victim who died that day. The memorial is located on the West Lawn of the Pentagon, adjacent to where the hijacked plane hit the building. KBAS Read more [...]

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Design Concepts for Ike Memorial in D.C.

A federal commission is accepting entries for a competition to design a Washington, D.C. monument honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower, the United States' 34th president. For a four-acre site just south of the Mall divided by Maryland Avenue S.W., and near many Cabinet agencies that Eisenhower had a hand in creating, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission seeks proposals that emphasize open spaces with little in the way of actual buildings or statuary. Indeed, one of the only requirements is a Read more [...]

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The 34th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition

Welcome to the 34th Annual KRob Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition! For 34 years, The KRob Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition has celebrated the best in delineation in architecture (architectural drawing). Open to architecture students, professionals and architectural illustrators who are working in the United States, Canada or Mexico, KRob accepts both hand and digital delineation and is the longest-running architectural delineation competition currently in operation anywhere Read more [...]

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