Framing a Modern Masterpiece

Posted by Rebecca Eggleston on December 09, 2009

The Gateway Arch is the subject of a new international design competition that calls the world’s designers and architects to action in service of reframing this iconic monument.

St. Louis’ National Park Service seeks to integrate the magnificent memorial and its grounds with St. Louis, the Mississippi River and Illinois on the other side.

“The goals: weave [the monument] back into the fabric of the city and the region … rejuvenate connections … welcome and draw people for repeated visits … and re-energize the region for living, working and visiting. As in 1947, this competition aims to invite and extract “the best from the best” to create a model for integrating open space into a city’s urban fabric. All with a construction finish line of October 28, 2015 … the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Arch.”

Click here for more on the competition, and here for a discussion started about it on MyCity.