Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

SmithGroup’s design for the cemetery visitor center, completed in 2007, emphasized strong horizontal planes with low profiles to minimize the impact on views of the cemetery and the adjacent Omaha Beach, site of the 1944 Allied invasion. The CFA most recently reviewed the project in April 2006.

(Image credit: © Roland Halbe Fotografie, courtesy of SmithGroupJJR)
Location

Omaha Beach,
Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Map

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