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Author:

Levine, Lester J., 1946- author.

Title:

9/11 memorial visions : innovative concepts from the 2003 World Trade Center Site memorial competition / Lester J. Levine.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

vii, 247, C8 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)
Memorials--Competitions--New York.--New York.
Memorials--New York--New York--Design and construction.
Designers--Biography.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Monuments.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Aerial view of 5,201 creations -- First stories -- Imagining beyond boundaries -- Memorials built with light and color -- Imagining the sound of memory -- Memorials that move -- Memorials that engage -- Multi-functional memorials -- The technology memorial -- Multi-dimensional imaginings -- Words speaking memory -- Memorial imagining : the creative struggle -- Appendix: Background, timeline and guidelines.

Summary:

"Reflecting the 9/11 World Trade Center destruction, the 2003 World Trade Center Memorial Design Competition was open to anyone, drawing 5,201 entries from 60 countries, all of which were posted online. This book provides a first ever review of the 5,201 entries and tells the personal stories of more than 170 designers"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1476625379
9781476625379
1476665087
9781476665085

LCCN:

2016031360

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)