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More on the WWI winner

More on the WWI winner

Winning entry in competition to design a national WWI memorial in D.C.

Yesterday’s announcement of a winner in the open international competition for a national World War I memorial sent me rushing to find out how it had changed since its selection as one of five finalists. And the winner is Joseph Weishaar, a 25-year-old graduate of the architecture school at the University of Arkansas at…

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Finalists for a WWI memorial

Finalists for a WWI memorial

U.S. troops under fire in France. (coldwarwarrior.com)

The jury in the design competition for a World War I memorial near the White House in Washington, D.C., has narrowed more than 350 entries down to a final five. One of them, arguably two, are classical, and already the cynics are in full conspiracy mode.

I consider myself one of the cynics, and the structuring of design competitions to…

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Links to classical WWI entries

Pershing Square Park, near the White House. It will be renovated to include the new memorial. (asla.com)

Here, courtesy of the organization sponsoring the design competition for a monument to commemorate the First World War, are links to some if not all of the classical entries. These are considered “the best” from among a couple of dozen submissions in traditional styles. The competition jury…

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Design for a WWI memorial

One entry among a score with classical or traditional monumental sympathies. (worldwar1centennial.org)

Not long ago I wrote of an open competition for a national monument for World War I to be built at Pershing Square, honoring Gen. John “Black Jack” Perhsing, commander of U.S. forces in Europe, near the Mall and the White House. The contrast between this design competition and the competition…

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