“GWWO was honored to play a role in commemorating the brave Americans that served over 100 years ago” said John Gregg, AIA, VMA, LEED AP, GWWO Principal. “This memorial will join the others in DC, honoring those that fought for liberty and freedom. The war’s weight, gravity, and significance and the scale of the soldiers' sacrifices, including those of my grandfathers, and those at home are memorialized by the design. The revivified park provides a place for contemplation, reflection, and remembrance that is long overdue.”
The memorial’s design, a collaboration between Joe Weishaar and Sabin Howard, was unanimously chosen in 2016 after an open, two-stage international design competition that received over 350 entries. GWWO’s work as Architect-of-Record for the project included numerous National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 meetings and formal presentations to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), as well as countless meetings with agency staffs including CFA, NCPC, DC Historic Preservation Office (HPO), and the National Park Service. The results of the firm’s extensive collaboration led to the quickest approval process for a memorial project in recent history. The firm is currently working on another high-profile DC project, the restoration of the Jefferson Memorial.
