Eisenhower Memorial Earns NCPC Approval
Courtesy Gehry Partners/AECOM | View of memorial core and tapestry from Maryland Avenue, with Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education Building behind the tapestry
Following a protracted battle with design revisions and family outcry over Frank Gehry, FAIA’s proposal for a memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower—now a joint venture between Gehry Partners and AECOM—the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved the final site and building plans [PDF] at a meeting held July 9. In the NCPC’s recommendation, the commission confirmed that the final memorial design “satisfies NCPC’s adopted site selection design principles” and that the approval “will not have a significant impact on the human environment.”
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