After two days of judging hundreds of moving, thought-provoking entries from around the globe, the National AIDS Memorial Design Competition jury selected five finalists and seven entries of note. Thank you to all who took the time to participate in this competition and to do the important work of contemplating how to memorialize one of the greatest pandemics of all time.
Finalists:

Ravee Cholsombatchai and Jacob Atherton, principle design; Michael Eggers, design team; Andrew Shanken, collaberator, VEEV Design, Emeryville, CA
Melissa Cate Christ, Toronto, Ontario
Janette Kim and Chloe Town, New York City, NY
Andrew Thurlow and Maia Small, TSA, Pawtucket, RI
Shinya Uehara and Chantelle Brewer, UB Team, Chicago, IL

Designs of Note:

Salvador Perez Arroyo, Estudio Salvador Perez Arroyo, Madrid, Spain
Joseph Barajas, Michael Boone, Patrick Flynn, Daniel Rob, California College of the Arts/Architecture, San Francisco, CA
Johannes Feder, Principals: Barbara Wilkes and Alex Wasburn, W Architecture & Landscape Architecture, New York City, NY
Max Gunawan, McCall Design Group, San Francisco, CA
Kohei Kashimoto and Mari Matsumoto, Kohei Kashimoto Design Studio, Osaka, Japan
Joe Macdonald, Principal; Christian Werthmann, Jason Halaby, Urban A+O, Cambridge, MA
Keith Mitnick, Mirelle Roddier,Stewart Hicks University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI