Maya Lin had an early start. Lin’s design has become so celebrated that it’s easy to forget how young she was when she first proposed it. The national contest to design a Vietnam memorial drew ...

Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which opened 40 years ago this month, changed everything and nothing about how we understand memorials. Its list of soldiers lost in the war, more than ...

Lin won a national contest to design the Vietnam memorial in 1981 when she was a 21-year-old senior at Yale University. Lin designed the memorial as part of a class project.

KidsPost Vietnam Veterans Memorial, once criticized, gained respect in 40 years. Some veterans opposed Its simple design, by architecture student Maya Lin. Five million people a year now visit to ...

Maya Lin, architect of the Vietnam Memorial stands during the dedication on Nov. 13, ... TOM CARHART: One needs no artistic education to see this memorial design for what it is ...

The Smithsonian spotlights Maya Lin in biographical show Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic ...

Maya Lin was still a college student when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was selected through an open-submission process. Built in 1982 on the National Mall in Washington, the ...

Culture | NPR Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her. Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect ...

The National Portrait Gallery has opened an exhibition on Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Nov. 12, 2022.) ...

Maya Lin, the architect known for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala., was the featured speaker Thursday at Union College. Lin ...

Sculptor and architect Maya Lin is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C., but modern viewers may not know about her rise to prominence and the ...

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, ... Maya Lin, architect of the Vietnam Memorial stands during the dedication on Nov. 13, 1982.