Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The design responds to the symbolically powerful Napier Waller mosaics and figurative windows that line the domed Hall. The Tomb itself takes the form of an excavated tumulus, in red Rosso Daniel marble. The gilded inscription was hand-drawn and carved.
Four 11 metre tall freestanding pillars are placed in the adjoining niche, each symmetrical with the mosaic-clad mullions of the three major stained glass windows. These pillars represent, in material form, the four Platonic elements – glass for water, stone for earth, nickel silver for fire and jarrah timber for air.
Awards
1993 First Prize and Commission.
Team
Peter Tonkin, Keiran McInerney, Brian Zulaikha.
Collaborators
Janet Laurence.
Photographer
John Gollings.
