Designing Memory - The Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present

This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures. It explores the purpose behind creating a memorial and its materialisation. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a space for remembering.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Scaffolding Memory: 1. Commemorative architecture since 1914; 2. The dual role of memorial architecture; Part II. Case Studies: 3. Memorials to the victims of terrorism; 4. Memorial museums; 5. War memorials; Conclusion.

About the author

Sabina Tanović is an architect, and a postdoctoral researcher at Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands. In 2017 she won an international architectural competition to design a Memorial Museum and a Research Center for Sarajevo's 'Tunnel of Hope'.

Summary

This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures. It explores the purpose behind creating a memorial and its materialisation. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a space for remembering.

Product details

• Authors: Sabina Tanovic, Sabina (Technische Universiteit Delft Tanovic
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108707824
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70782-4
• No. of pages: 287
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Architecture, Europe, English, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, Norway, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Terrorism, armed struggle, Cognition & cognitive psychology, United States of America, USA, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Modern warfare, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure and design, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings