Happy Birthday, Mr. St.Florian

Friedrich St.Florian celebrates his 80th birthday today, December 21. Born and raised in Graz, Austria, St.Florian is widely known by several generations of architects as their architecture professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). But he is also famous for designing one of the most visited and controversal memorials in Washington, D.C. Which one?

Friedrich St.Florian was the design architect for the World War II Memorial.

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