Oklahoma City National Memorial

Project Type: Memorial

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Engineer of Record: Sasaki

Dedication Date: April 19th, 2000

Awards:

2001
AIA Central States Region Honorable Mention
Boston Society of Architects Honor Award
Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award
American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award

2000
TIME Magazine’s Ten Best Designs for 2000
David Dillon/Dallas Morning News Ten Best Designs for 2000
Bricklayers Association National Award in Stonework
A.I.A. Central Oklahoma Chapter Special Award: 
Hans and Torrey Butzer
A.I.A. Central Oklahoma Chapter B.H. Prasad Award

1997
David Dillon/Dallas Morning News Ten Best Designs for 1997

Selected through an international competition process, the $7.8M national award-winning memorial is a 3.3-acre urban site in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City. Designed to engage three separate street edges and two adjacent existing structures, the memorial offers active pedestrian edges and multiple opportunities for connections to surroundings. Internationally acclaimed architecture critic Paul Goldberger calls the Oklahoma City National Memorial the most successful public space in Oklahoma City.

Photograph 1 by Tim Hursley