6 Acknowledgements –
7 About the Authors –
8 Foreword / Isabelle Priest –
9 Words and Music / Michele Woodger –
11 Reflections / Tszwai So –
14 Remembrance Now: memory and Design in Dialogue –
30 July Memorial, UK –
34 Interview with Andy Groarke, Carmody Groarke –
38 185 Empty White Chairs, New Zealand –
40 Annaeu de la Memoire, France –
43 Interview with Philippe Prost, Atelier d’Architecture Phillipe Prost –
47 Arch for Arch: A Monument for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa –
49 Atocha Station Memorial, Spain –
51 Babyn Yar Synagogue, Ukraine –
54 Belarusian Memorial Chapel, UK –
56 Camp Barker memorial, USA –
58 Clamor de Paz, Honduras –
60 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy Memorial, India –
63 Flowing Paperscapes of the War Memorial, Taiwan –
65 Gwangju River Reading Room, South Korea –
67 Hegnhuset Memorial and Learning Centre, Norway –
69 Japanese Immigration Memorial, Brazil –
71 Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, Austria –
74 Katyn Museum, Poland –
77 Levenslicht, Netherlands –
81 Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages, Poland –
84 Memorial du Camp de Rivesaltes, France –
87 Memorial Hall for Israel’s Fallen, Israel –
89 Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Germany –
92 Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico –
94 Mitsamiouli Stele, Comoros –
96 Monument to the 100 th Anniversary of the Alcorta Farmers Revolt, Argentina –
99 Interview with Claudio Vekstein, Opera Publica –
101 National 9/11 Memorial – Reflecting Absence, USA –
105 Interview with Michael Arad, Handel Architects –
108 national 9/11 Museum and Pavilion, USA –
110 national Holocaust Monument, Canada –
112 National Memorial for Peace and Justice, USA –
116 Interview with MASS Design Group –
118 National War Memorial, India –
122 Nyamata Church Genocide Memorial, Rwanda –
124 Shoes on the Danube Bank, Hungary –
128 Singapore Founders’ Memorial –
130 Son Yang Won Memorial Museum, South Korea –
133 Steilneset Memorial to the Victims of Witch Trials, Norway –
136 The Clearing, Norway –
138 Thunderhead 2SLGBTQI+ National Monument, Canada –
140 Tiles to the Desaparecidos, Argentina –
142 Tree of Knowledge Memorial, Australia –
144 wahat Al Karama, UAE –
149 war and Women’s Human Rights Museum, South Korea –
152 Interview with Sook Hee Chun, WISE Architecture –
154 Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum, China –
157 Westerbork Camp Commander’s House Intervention, Netherlands –
159 World Memorial to the Pandemic, Uruguay –
161 Yad Vashem: The Holocaust History Museum, Israel –
165 Interview with Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects –
168 Notes –
174 Index –
176 Picture Credits –

"Memorials have long been an important part of our built environments. In recent decades, there have been enormous changes in who and what we commemorate, and how. This increasing need for unique and sensitive memorials opens up new creative horizons for architects tasked with translating complex subjects and feelings into emotive spatial experiences that are as memorable as they are commemorative. This book showcases 45 contemporary memorials dating from since the beginning of the 21st century. Hauntingly eloquent, or starkly confrontational, each example highlights the effectiveness of such structures in focusing society's consciousness on important and diverse issues. From Argentina to New Zealand, Comoros to South Korea, the memorials represent a wide geographical spread, and each interacts in original and surprising ways with its context. Interspersed with the memorials are interviews with leading international architects, including Carmody Groarke, MASS Design Group, Michael Arad, Moshe Safdie, Philippe Prost and others. Their words offer insights into how architects have given form to such abstract concepts as loss, love, permanence, peace, justice, hope and memory itself"--Back cover