{"id":12391,"date":"2023-01-29T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sunak-promises-bill-to-build-100m-holocaust-memorial\/"},"modified":"2023-01-29T04:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:41:01","slug":"sunak-promises-bill-to-build-100m-holocaust-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sunak-promises-bill-to-build-100m-holocaust-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak promises Bill to build \u00a3100m Holocaust Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He pledge to take action after campaigners won a legal battle to quash planning permission to build the centre in Victoria Tower Gardens using a 1900 law protecting the park land.<\/p>\n

The Holocaust Memorial Bill will update the historic legislation, removing a statutory obstacle that has previously prevented the building of a new memorial and learning centre at the site.<\/p>\n

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The \u00a3100m Holocaust Memorial building will be the national focal point to honour the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust, and other victims of Nazi persecution, including the Roma, gay and disabled people.<\/p>\n

The co-located Learning Centre will also focus on subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.<\/p>\n

The government is contributing up to \u00a375m towards construction costs, to be supplemented by \u00a325m from charitable donations.<\/p>\n

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Designed by Adjaye Associates with Ron Arad Architects and Gustafson Porter & Bowman, much of the main building will be constructed below ground.<\/p>\n

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A main entrance area consisting of 23 bronze fins, representing the countries where Jewish communities were destroyed during the Holocaust, will lead down into the subterranean Learning Centre, which includes a hall of testimonies and a Contemplation Court.<\/p>\n

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Turner and Townsend is the main project manager and cost consultant on the projects with WSP providing the structural and M&E consultancy support on the project.<\/p>\n

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