Reimagining the National Mall
The Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit group seeking to raise money and support to restore parts of the National Mall, is unveiling final design concepts for three parts of "America's front yard" - areas overused and neglected for years near the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and Constitution Gardens. They unveiled designs from the finalists in the competition and are inviting public comments on the proposed renovations.
Left: At the Sylvan Bowl, near the Washington Monument, Balmori Associates + Work Architecture Company designed a hemispherical grass bowl for a theater, centered on a circular stage." Its" amphitheater for the masses" represents an American democratic ideal.
Credit: Balmori Associates + Work Architecture Company
