Washington Monument levee / New juror for WAMO Competition
November/17/2010 02:22 AM Filed in: Washington Monument | Washington Monument Competition | National Ideas Competition
Dear Coalition Friends:
Today brings more news about the Washington Monument:
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THE WASHINGTON POST
By Michael E. Ruane
Tuesday, November 16, 2010; B01
Eighty thousand cubic yards of dirt. Thirty steel girders. An eight-foot-high concrete wall... government officials announced Monday morning that work is about to start on a $9-million flood-control project that will alter the landscape of the Mall west of the Washington Monument to protect it, and part of Washington, from potential catastrophe.
Read the full story
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ellen Goldstein 202-253-5694 or Jim Clark 703-524-6616
www.wamocompetition.org
Registration closes November 30th
November 16, 2010, Washington DC - Internationally renowned landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson has joined the distinguished jury for the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds.
“We are honored to have Ms. Gustafson round out the Competition jury,” said Competition Chair and Virginia Society AIA President-elect James P. Clark. “Her international experience in innovative landscape architecture adds a vital component to the panel which represents all the many facets we believe the Competition touches—architecture, design, history, commemoration, urban ecology, civic involvement, and even theater.”
Clark states that Ms. Gustafson’s worldwide work complements what is quickly becoming an international event. In addition to participants from around the globe, the Competition is attracting attention from students, retirees, professionals, academics and amateurs alike.
Kathryn Gustafson’s award-winning works are known as groundbreaking, contemporary designs that intuitively incorporate sculptural qualities that are fundamental to the human experience of landscape. She is an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, medalist of the French Academy of Architecture, and recipient of both the Chrysler Design Award and London’s Jane Drew Prize. Her award-winning work can be found throughout Europe, North American and the Middle East including the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian’s Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, DC, the Lurie Garden in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London.
Serving with Ms. Gustafson on the Competition jury are:
The Ideas Competition was established by an independent group of university professors, architects, designers, and civic leaders partnering with The George Washington University. While the Washington Monument is the defining feature of the Washington, D.C. skyline — and the centerpiece of the nation’s most symbolic public open space — at ground level its vast open space remains unfinished. The Competition will engage the American public - including students, teachers, professors, and parents - in an educational opportunity to explore the role of the Washington Monument grounds in the civic life of our democracy.
The Competition is open to anyone 12 years of age and older. Participants must register by November 30, 2010. Entry submission deadline is December 18.
For more information about the jury and Competition, and to register, go to www.wamocompetition.org.
Today brings more news about the Washington Monument:
- Federal agencies are about to begin work on a flood-control levee that requires reshaping a large section of the Monument grounds along 17th Street.
- A renowned landscape architect has joined the jury for the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds. See the press release below.
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THE WASHINGTON POST
A wall on the Mall protects against a long shot
By Michael E. Ruane
Tuesday, November 16, 2010; B01
Eighty thousand cubic yards of dirt. Thirty steel girders. An eight-foot-high concrete wall... government officials announced Monday morning that work is about to start on a $9-million flood-control project that will alter the landscape of the Mall west of the Washington Monument to protect it, and part of Washington, from potential catastrophe.
Read the full story
# # #
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ellen Goldstein 202-253-5694 or Jim Clark 703-524-6616
www.wamocompetition.org
Renowned Landscape Architect Joins WAMO Competition Jury
Registration closes November 30th
November 16, 2010, Washington DC - Internationally renowned landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson has joined the distinguished jury for the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds.
“We are honored to have Ms. Gustafson round out the Competition jury,” said Competition Chair and Virginia Society AIA President-elect James P. Clark. “Her international experience in innovative landscape architecture adds a vital component to the panel which represents all the many facets we believe the Competition touches—architecture, design, history, commemoration, urban ecology, civic involvement, and even theater.”
Clark states that Ms. Gustafson’s worldwide work complements what is quickly becoming an international event. In addition to participants from around the globe, the Competition is attracting attention from students, retirees, professionals, academics and amateurs alike.
Kathryn Gustafson’s award-winning works are known as groundbreaking, contemporary designs that intuitively incorporate sculptural qualities that are fundamental to the human experience of landscape. She is an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, medalist of the French Academy of Architecture, and recipient of both the Chrysler Design Award and London’s Jane Drew Prize. Her award-winning work can be found throughout Europe, North American and the Middle East including the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian’s Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, DC, the Lurie Garden in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London.
Serving with Ms. Gustafson on the Competition jury are:
- Dr. David Hackett Fischer – distinguished historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author
- Raymond Gastil, AICP - renowned expert in architecture and landscape architecture
- Dr. Mitchell Joachim - leader in innovative ecological design and urbanism
- Dr. Kirk Savage – noted art historian and Smithsonian’s Charles C. Eldredge Prize recipient
- Joy Zinoman - innovative artistic founder of The Studio Theater in Washington DC
The Ideas Competition was established by an independent group of university professors, architects, designers, and civic leaders partnering with The George Washington University. While the Washington Monument is the defining feature of the Washington, D.C. skyline — and the centerpiece of the nation’s most symbolic public open space — at ground level its vast open space remains unfinished. The Competition will engage the American public - including students, teachers, professors, and parents - in an educational opportunity to explore the role of the Washington Monument grounds in the civic life of our democracy.
The Competition is open to anyone 12 years of age and older. Participants must register by November 30, 2010. Entry submission deadline is December 18.
For more information about the jury and Competition, and to register, go to www.wamocompetition.org.