Yad Vashem / Moshe Safdie - The Architecture of Memory wijn Verlag Mercatorfonds Antwerpen

Verlag Mercatorfonds Antwerpen

Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world

and examines the engineering properties of brickwork when used as a major structural component - from the simple garden wall to the arch

This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust

Yad Vashem / Moshe Safdie - The Architecture of Memory wijn Verlag Mercatorfonds Antwerpen175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie's work in Israel. The architect, a student of Louis Kahn who began his career with the sensational