Envisioned by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, "Reflecting Absence" will be built to honor those killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. As part of the memorial, architect Craig Dykers designed a museum that incorporates parts of the original towers that were destroyed.
Tribute in Lights in New York City
On the six-month anniversary of the terrorist attacks, two beams of light were cast into the sky, creating phantom towers above the World Trade Center site. Conceived by artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda and architects John Bennett and Gustavo Bonevardi, Tribute in Light was a one-month installation.
Twin Piers
Architecture writer Fred Bernstein proposed constructing two piers that would extend into New York Harbor the exact length of the destroyed Twin Towers: 1368 feet for Tower One and 1362 feet for Tower Two. The Twin Piers project was never realized, but the drawings and plans remain as a moving tribute.
September 11 Memorial in Monument Park
Many designers choose to honor the dead with realistic statues instead of abstract symbols. The September 11 Memorial in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium is a plaque dedicated to the victims and rescue workers of the September 11, 2001.
Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon Memorial in Arlington VA honors the 184 innocent victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon building.
Airport 9/11 Memorial, Boston
Both terrorist planes that struck New York's World Trade Center took off from Boston Logan Airport. To honor those who died, a new memorial will be constructed on a 2-acre lot at Logan Airport.
Flight 93 National Memorial Design in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Designed by Paul Murdoch Architects of Los Angeles, California with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Flight 93 National Memorial Design will be constructed on a 2,000 site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where passengers and crew of Flight 93 brought down their hijacked plane and thwarted a fourth terrorist attack.
9-11 Living Memorial in Westport, Connecticut
The 9-11 Living Memorial a landscaped memorial space with a granite monument constructed in honor of all victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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