LIAM O'CONNOR ARCHITECTS / SCULPTOR VIVIEN MALLOCK
About the team
Liam O'Connor RIBA planned to work with artist Vivien Mallock.
Liam O'Connor co-organised the Vision of Europe exhibition in Italy in 1992. He has been an adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame Indiana & Rome.
He was Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Environment on Architecture and Urban Design from 1995 to 1997. He runs an architectural practice from London.
Sculptor Vivien Mallock's work, mainly in bronze, ranges from large public monuments to small figurative pieces.
Web sites: www.liamoconnor.com and www.vivienmallock.co.uk
Statement of approach to the project
The approach aimed to create a lasting and dignified memorial to honour the legacy of one of the defining personalities in Britain in the twentieth century.
Relevant past projects and experience
* Commonwealth Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, London
A monumental project celebrating the contribution made by the peoples of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Caribbean to the two World Wars of the twentieth century. The design features Portland stone piers and a pavilion, cast bronze street lamps, urns, balustrades and bollards. The project has won a number of awards including the Stone Federation of Great Britain Stone Award.
* Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial, Whitehall, London
The memorial, placed at the heart of the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall, celebrates the concept of valour. It features a one-tonne bronze figure and a fine stained glass window.
* Armed Forces Memorial, Staffordshire
Set within 150 acres of the National Memorial Aboretum, the memorial commemorates members of the Armed Forces who have died on duty since the Second World War. It features an earth mound evoking the Neolithic structures of ancient Britain, with a spiral path and evergreen oak trees leading to the top.
* Bronze figure by Vivien Mallock
These include the Royal Tank Regimental Memorial in Whitehall, London, and a sculpture of General Montgomery in Normandy, France.
