Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: National World War II Memorial

Preferred Title: 
National World War II Memorial
Image View: 
Pacific Front Panel, relief depicting Navy In Action
Creator: 
Friedrich Saint Florian (American architect, born 1932)
Location: 
creation: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Location Note: 
eastern end of the Reflecting Pool, the Mall
Date: 
2001-2004 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
American
Style Period: 
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1: 
memorial
Work Type 2: 
monument
Work Type 3: 
fountain
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
granite; bronze
Technique: 
casting (process); construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
death or burial; military; war; World War, 1939-1945
Description: 
"In 1996, a two-stage design competition was opened. Out of 400 preliminary designs entered, six were chosen to compete in the second stage which required review by a design jury. After careful review, the design by architect Friedrich St. Florian was chosen. St. Florian's design consisted of the Rainbow Pool (lowered and reduced in size by 15 percent) in a sunken plaza, surrounded in a circular pattern with 56 pillars (each 17-feet-high) which represent the unity of the U.S. states and territories during the war. Visitors would enter the sunken plaza on ramps which will pass by two giant arches (each 41-feet tall) that represent the two fronts of the war. Inside, there would be a Freedom Wall covered with 4,000 gold stars, each representing 100 Americans that died during World War II. A sculpture by Ray Kasky would be placed in the middle of the Rainbow Pool and two fountains would send water more than 30-feet into the air. The memorial consists of 56 pillars, each measuring 17 feet (5 m) tall, arranged in a
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier: 
1A2-US-DC-WWM-2-F1
Rights: 
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