The ever-increasing production of memorial buildings, sculptures, cenotaphs, parks and gardens since World War I testifies to a century in which more people have been tortured and killed and more cities and ecosystems have been destroyed than during any other time in human history. This also points to the critical role that architecture and environmental design plays beyond personal comfort, shelter and efficient living--that is, as a vehicle for public memory, environmental stewardship, communal poetics and ethical reflection
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