London offers its memorial to the 52 victims of 7/7 terrorism – Times Online

Ben Hoyle of the Times looks at the newly unvealed design for the 7/7 memorial

The design unveiled yesterday by the architects Carmody Groarke is on a more human scale than the American and Spanish projects. It consists of 52 steel columns, one for each innocent life lost, arranged in a clearing at the southeast corner of Hyde Park. Each column stands 3m (about 10ft) tall, weighs about a tonne and is cast from stainless steel in a process that ensures that each one is subtly different from the others.

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