Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
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Battles Ahead: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Redesign

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The conceptual design for a new  on the National Mall, designed by photographer and architect , was by  by the  (NCPC), following an  from the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) in May. This comes amid concerns from Ƶ (TCLF) that the current design — created by landscape architect Lester Collins in 1981 that significantly modified the original design by architect Gordon Bunshaft in 197 — is a masterwork of Modernist landscape architecture and should be preserved. The organization included the garden, which displays some 60 sculptures, in their “landslide” list, which aims to raise awareness about threatened culturally-significant landscapes.