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Maison des Esclaves (Slave House)

Maison des Esclaves (Slave House)

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Irish Hunger Memorial

Irish Hunger Memorial

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Constitution Hill

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum

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Design of Goree Island

Since artifacts are scarce, the Maison des Esclaves tells its story through its architecture. A horseshoe-shaped staircase divides the space between the ...read »

Discussion of Constitution Hill

Constitution Hill is, in many ways, a model for what a multi-faceted memorial site can be. In supplanting a former political prison with the home base of a ...read »

Art and Architecture

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Resources

Holtz Kay, Jane “Hunger for Memorials: New York's Monument to the Irish Famine.” Landscape Architecture, March 2003. http://www.janeholtzkay.com/Articles/hunger.html


Arch-Hiroshima has a selection of Kenzo Tange’s writings from the Japanese architecture magazine Shinkenchiku, commenting on his design and process.

Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs has its World Heritage Site application documents for Genbaku Dome and a chronology of the memorial and the dome.

The US Department of Energy has facts about the history of the bomb and its toll on Hiroshima.

The city of Hiroshima has information on the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony.

On Slate, Ron Rosenbaum reflects on his 2008 visit to the park.