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but with minor changes in terms of impact to reflect historical events and Australian political and social life.

 Australian War Memorial

 The site of the AWM is the area bounded by Limestone Avenue, Fairbairn Avenue and Treloar Crescent. The AWM is part of a larger landscape which is structured by Griffin's land axis and includes Anzac Park, Anzac Parade, Remembrance Park on the slopes of Mount Ainslie behind the AWM, Mount Pleasant and Black Mountain. The AWM is closely associated with memorials along Anzac Parade that commemorate important aspects of Australia's involvement in war.

 The AWM is a unique commemorative institution that functions as a memorial, a museum, an archive and a centre for research. The complex includes commemorative areas, a Sculpture Garden, gallery exhibits, research facilities, an administration building and a kiosk. The major commemorative spaces are the grand entrance, the central courtyard and Pool of Remembrance, the flanking cloisters with the Roll of Honour and the copper domed Hall of

Memory.

The main building is stone faced, designed in the art deco style and has a cruciform plan with two floors of galleries, a library, war records storage, office space and workshop facilities. The building displays Byzantine modelling in its interpenetrating forms and the front entrance shows Egyptian influences in its pylons and massing. Important features of the style include: a stepped skyline; concentration of ornament on the upper part of the building; a tower feature; and a monumental entrance. Two medieval stone lions, donated by the city of Ypres in 1936, are located in the entrance area. The lions previously stood at the gateway of the Menin road at Ypres and were damaged during the First World War. The Hall of Memory, with its stepped cubic forms and copper dome, is the key architectural and landmark element of the place. As the major vertical element in the architectural composition, it closes the view from within the courtyard and is a prominent terminating feature of the land axis and Canberra's landscape setting. The mosaics and stained glass windows within the hall are outstanding pieces of monumental applied art in the art deco style. The Roll of Honour is an important historical monument and visual statement of Australians who died in war. It is a key element of the founding concept for the AWM, even though it was not installed until the 1960s.

Hall of Memory
The Hall of Memory is an important symbolic space in the AWM comprising several outstanding pieces. It was originally conceived by Sodersteen as containing a roll of honour but funds were not available to build a dome that could house all the names. The design was amended to include the names in a