National Veterans Memorial and Museum

Built at a cost of $82 million, the new 53,000 square foot building opened in late October. Designed by Allied Works Architecture, it is located in downtown Columbus, OH on 7 acres of land along the banks of the Scioto River and was. The Museum, which includes a 2.5-acre memorial grove, features intersecting bands of lustrous white concrete woven into concentric rings.

The landscape architecture by Olin. The grove is the complex’s outdoor memorial component and has a reflecting pool with cascading waterfalls that flow from a limestone slab wall.

The construction, says Olin, is evocative of the way individual military personnel combine to create a force larger than any one member. One of the grove’s trails also leads directly to the NVMM’s main entrance, where visitors can follow a dramatic processional walkway that spirals atop the building, culminating in a second-story rooftop ceremonial amphitheater and overlook.