The Remarkable Story of Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Biography
WEBMay 14, 2020 · Whenever 18-year-old Maya Lin walked through Yale University’s Memorial Rotunda, she couldn’t resist passing her fingers over the marble walls engraved with the names of those alumni who...
This 21‑Year‑Old College Student Designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ...
WEBSep 13, 2017 · It’s the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and since 1982, it has commemorated military personnel who died or were declared missing in action during their Vietnam War service.
Maya Lin - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
WEBMaya Lin. Artist, designer and environmentalist, Maya Lin interprets the natural world through science, history, politics, and culture, creating a remarkable and highly acclaimed body of work in art and architecture.
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL - MAYA LIN STUDIO
WEBVietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982. National Mall, Washington D.C. Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Architect of Record: Cooper-Lecky Partnership. Landscape Architect: Henry Arnold. Photography: Terry Adams, Mark …
Maya Lin - Wikipedia
WEBMaya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor.Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture.In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yale she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. [1] The ...
The Smithsonian spotlights Maya Lin in biographical show - NPR
WEBNov 12, 2022 · Lin's works include the Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama, the Langston Hughes Library in Tennessee and What Is Missing? — the massive, ongoing, environmental activism project she launched in...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - U.S. National Park Service
WEBA design competition was announced, and 21-year-old Yale architecture student Maya Lin earned the unanimous selection. The central element of Lin's memorial is the shiny black granite wall in a wide V shape, with one "arm" directed toward the Lincoln Memorial and the other toward the Washington Monument.
Smarthistory – Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
WEBA powerful accumulation of names is inscribed on slabs of reflective stone that cuts into the earth on the Mall. Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982, granite, 2 acres within Constitution Gardens (National Mall, Washington, D.C.)
The Smithsonian shines a light on designer and sculptor Maya Lin
WEBNov 30, 2022 · The National Portrait Gallery has opened an exhibition on Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Nov. 12, 2022.)
Maya Lin reflects on her original multi-part installations for 125 E …
WEB2 days ago · At just 21 years old, Maya Lin was thrust into the spotlight in 1981 when, as a senior at Yale University, she submitted the winning design in a national competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington, DC. Lin has since created a legacy of large-scale environmental artworks and architectural and memorial designs.
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