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Citizens of Tikrit, Monument to the Shoe Thrown at George W. Bush, Tikrit, Iraq, 2016
Hitler liked to say that the purpose of his building was to transmit his time and its spirit to posterity. Ultimately, all that remained to remind men of the great epochs of history was their monumental architecture, he would philosophize ... Today, for example, Mussolini could point to the building of the Roman Empire as symbolizing the heroic spirit of Rome. Thus he could fire his nation with the idea of a modern empire. Our architectural works should also speak to the conscience of a future Germany centuries from now.
Albert Speer, “On Hitler,” c. 1970
Pipeline Crossroads of the World Monument, Cushing, OK, 2006
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It epitomizes a fusion of ancient and modern forms. It’s huge in size, but antimonumental in its relentless horizontality and its sinuous, continuous curves. It’s also unphotographable and impossible to capture in its totality. It has to be experienced in time and space — over time, and distance.
Michael Govan on Michael Heizer’s City, 2015
2/3/4, WWI Memorial at the Parc des Glacis, Besançon, France, 2013
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Map of the Urban Redevelopment of Rome, Italy, 1447-1621
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Timm Ulrichs, Casings for Monuments and Fountains: A Settling of 20 Winter-Coverings, Munich, Germany, 2000