Adjaye, MASS Design Group and Shonibare Among 5 Finalists for Boston's MLK Memorial
Nonprofit MLK Boston has released the final five designs for a monument to civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The finalists include a range of offices like Adjaye Associates, Maryann Thompson Architects and MASS Design Group, as well as artists like Yinka Shonibare, Barbara Chase-Riboud and Walter Hood. As reported by Curbed Boston, the city is working with MLK Boston to make the monument part of a larger initiative that includes an educational center in Roxbury and $1 million endowment for programming related to the Kings.
Empty Pulpit Monument. Image Courtesy of Barbara Chase-Riboud
Nonprofit MLK Boston has released the final five designs for a monument to civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The finalists include a range of offices like Adjaye Associates, Maryann Thompson Architects and MASS Design Group, as well as artists like Yinka Shonibare, Barbara Chase-Riboud and Walter Hood. As reported by Curbed Boston, the city is working with MLK Boston to make the monument part of a larger initiative that includes an educational center in Roxbury and $1 million endowment for programming related to the Kings.The five final designs will be on display at the Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury?s Dudley Square and the Boston Public Library in Copley Square until October 16. The designs are made to reshape the experience of America?s oldest public park. As Mayor Marty Walsh has said, ?Each one of thes...
Empty Pulpit Monument. Image Courtesy of Barbara Chase-Riboud
Nonprofit MLK Boston has released the final five designs for a monument to civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The finalists include a range of offices like Adjaye Associates, Maryann Thompson Architects and MASS Design Group, as well as artists like Yinka Shonibare, Barbara Chase-Riboud and Walter Hood. As reported by Curbed Boston, the city is working with MLK Boston to make the monument part of a larger initiative that includes an educational center in Roxbury and $1 million endowment for programming related to the Kings.The five final designs will be on display at the Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury?s Dudley Square and the Boston Public Library in Copley Square until October 16. The designs are made to reshape the experience of America?s oldest public park. As Mayor Marty Walsh has said, ?Each one of thes...
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