2024-12-22T01:50:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150073164/moshe-safdie-s-national-medal-of-honor-museum-is-off-to-a-rocky-start Alexander Walter 2018-07-13T14:45:00-04:00 >2018-07-13T14:50:11-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bf66ee55a87feebebee0b419594b5545.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It isn't often that architect Moshe Safdie is sent back to the drawing board. But that's exactly what happened earlier this year when his soaring vision for the National Medal of Honor Museum clashed with a local height ordinance. [...] planning commission in the Charleston suburb of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, unanimously denied its Safdie-concieved proposal because it would exceed by 75 feet the elevation limit on land zoned for no more than 50 feet.</p></em><br /><br /><p>"Ultimately, it all came down to a lack of communication," writes Jolee Edmondson. "What has transpired in Mount Pleasant underscores the importance of builders engaging in community outreach before submitting a formal plan for public property. Safdie's design was unveiled in 2015, but it was mainly confined to the foundation's website."</p>