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Memorial Buildings : Architecture
Major Commemoration Designs + Building Projects from around the World.
post updated 23 January 2026
This page lists the principal memorial designs across the globe. We aim to select commemorative buildings + designs that are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both.
e-architect cover completed commemoration buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and design competitions. The focus is on contemporary commemorative buildings but information on traditional memorials is also welcome.
Memorial Designs
Latest Commemorative Architecture – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Feb 1, 2016
The Weight of Sacrifice Memorial Washington, D.C., USA
Design: Joseph Weishaar with sculptor Sabin Howard
image of design proposal
The Weight of Sacrifice Memorial Washington, D.C.
WWI Centennial Commission Selects “The Weight of Sacrifice” for Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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10 Oct 2013
July 22 Memorial Sites, Norway, northern Europe
Design Competition
photograph from organiser
July 22 Memorial Sites
The memorial in Hole and the temporary memorial in Oslo should be completed by 22 July 2015. The date of completion for the permanent memorial in Oslo will be determined by the redevelopment of the Government Quarter.
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17 Aug 2011
M9 / Memorial for 9 girls, Chile
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados Arquitectos
photo : Nicolás Saieh
M9 / Memorial for 9 girls
The place opens like a dialogue from the love of Mary at the foot of the Cross. The evocation of nature reaches the relief of a sacred place.
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10 May 2010
Japanese Immigration Memorial, Brasil, South America
Design: Gustavo Penna
photograph : Jomar Bragança
Japanese Immigration Memorial
This design evokes cohesion along with continuous movement and interdependence.
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New Memorial Buildings
Key Contemporary Memorials + Commemorative Design Projects, alphabetical:
Atocha Train Station Memorial, Madrid, central Spain
Design: estudio de arquitectura fam
picture from architect studio
Atocha Train Station Memorial
The Cenotaph memorial, London, England, UK
Design: Edwin Lutyens Architect
photo © Isabelle Lomholt
The Cenotaph : War Memorial, Whitehall
Firemen tragedy Memorial, Croatia
Design: radionica arhitekture
picture from architects practice
Firemen tragedy Memorial
Design proposal
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany
Design: Peter Eisenman
picture © Adrian Welch
Holocaust Memorial Design : Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
London Bombings Memorial, central London, England, UK
Design: Carmody Groarke Architects
photo © Nick Weall
London Bombings Memorial
Mourning House, Mexico City
Design: Pascal Arquitectos
photo : Víctor Benítez
Mourning House Mexico City
Neue Wache, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
photo © Adrian Welch
Neue Wache Berlin, Unter den Linden
Tsunami Memorial, Oslo, Norway
Design: Monolab
picture from architects practice
Tsunami Memorial : design competition
More new Memorial Architecture designs online soon.
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Canadian War Memorial, Green Park, London, England, UK
Design: Pierre Granche
image © AW
War Memorial, Green Park, London, England, UK
photos © AJW
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Other modern Memorials designs – no images/links, alphabetical:
Chapel of the Resurrection, Woodland Cemetery, Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden
Date built: 1934
Sigurd Lewerentz Architect
Coychurch Crematorium, Bridgend, South Wales
Dates built: 1969-70
Max Fry Architect
Crematorium, Kakamigahara, Japan
Date built: 2007
Toyo Ito Architects
Mausoleum, Murcia, Spain
Date built: 2004
Manuel Clavel Rojo
Memoria e Luce 9/11 Memorial, Padua, Italy
Date built: 2005
Studio Libeskind
Park-Cemetery, Igualada, Spain
Date built: 1995
Architect: Enric Miralles / Benedetta Tagliabue Arquitectes – EMBT
San Cataldo Cemetery, Modena, Italy
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Aldo Rossi Architect
San Michele Cemetery Extension, Venice, Italy
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David Chipperfield Architects
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden
Date built: 1940
Erik Gunnar Asplund
New Memorial Architecture + Commemorative Building Designs welcome.
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Museum and Monument Architectural Designs
Jewish Museum building – Juedisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Libeskind Architect
picture © Bitter Bredt
Jewish Museum Berlin : memorial elements within and adjacent to the building
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
Frederic Bartholdi
photo © Andrew McRae
Statue of Liberty New York
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Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
Comments for the Contemporary Memorials + Commemorative buildings / designs page welcome.