The Last
Nuclear Bomb Memorial

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its second annual Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial competition!

Following the success of the first edition, this competition was once again organized in support of a universal ban on nuclear weapons. In 2017, on the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima that killed upwards of 100,000 people, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted. To recognize the importance of this treaty, Buildner sought designs for a conceptual memorial project to be located on any known decommissioned nuclear weapon testing site. Submissions were not permitted to include text, titles or annotation of any kind. All ideas were required to be communicated visually.

Buildner teamed up with a strong international jury panel that included: Kerem Cengiz, the Managing Director – MENA at LWK + PARTNERS; Bartosz Haduch, an architect, academic teacher, and publicist who runs the Poland-based interdisciplinary collective NArchitekTURA; Karel Klein, co-director of NYC-based Ruy Klein; Paul Monaghan, Director at AHMM in London; Françoise N’Thépé, who runs Paris-based practice FRANÇOISE N’THÉPÉ ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN; architect Angelo Renna; David Telerman, founder of studio Atelier David Telerman; Yu-Ying Tsai, lead architect at Shanghai- based ZJJZ Atelier; and Joseph Weishaar, a project architect at Smith Dalia Architects.

Buildner and its jury panel would like to thank all participants for their submissions!