Winner of a gold award in the "Environments" division of the 2008 IDSA International Design Excellence Awards, the National World War I Museum is notable for the fan-like museum plan that radiates out from the memorial's core at its subterranean level. The entryway is a clear glass bridge over a field of poppies, representing the 9,000,000 people who died in the War. The museum's big guns are placed around the hall as brutal symbols of war but also beautiful examples of industrial design. The memorial creates a vivid portrait of the time and conveys the hard choices and unintended consequences of the war.
Learn more in the Almanac of Architecture and Design 2009.
