In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in ... than the student architect herself, Maya Lin, a 20-year-old Yale undergraduate.

When I won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, it was anonymous. You were a number. I was 1026. To this day I have to wonder, had my name been out there, would that have made ...

MAYA LIN: Yeah. BILL MOYERS: I actually read every word of the proposal for the [Vietnam Veterans] Memorial. It was beautifully written, not only in terms of its ideas, but in handwriting.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, or VVMF ... In Doubek's estimation, the design by Maya Lin met and exceeded the expectations of the VVMF. "I would simply say it's had a profound effect ...

Maya Lin is a contemporary Asian-American artist and architect best known for her powerful Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) in Washington, D.C. Incorporating both industrial materials and altercations ...

It's time to bring back the arch and the obelisk. Maya Lin’s Rallying Cry Since The Vietnam Memorial: The Environment Lin’s spare visual language gave the Vietnam Memorial its haunting power ...