2024-11-14T14:12:21-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/44492374/re-thinking-the-national-mall Gregory Walker 2012-04-10T08:55:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s1/s1ikgqsjmyrs5nb7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"A amphitheater at the base of the Washington Monument. A glass-enclosed restaurant overlooking the Constitution Gardens pond&mdash;and a winter-time ice-skating rink where the pond currently sits. A lively new Union Square, with streams of water arching into the Capitol Reflecting Pool. Those are among the ideas that architects and designers have floated for redesigning and reviving three sites on the National Mall..."</p></em><br /><br /><p> Updated photos of the schemes to redesign parts of the Mall in Washington DC. Includes proposals from snohetta; Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Ken Smith, Rogers Marvel, Peter Walker, etc.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ib/ib7i604bnhji3ipf.jpg" title=""><br><em>design by Weiss Manfredi and OLIN</em></p>