The human dimension

The Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Valour was officially opened on Monday 21 February. The execution is carried through with the Memorial’s customary polish and attention to detail.

Architect Richard Johnson has designed another superbly refined and appropriate setting. There is probably no other architect with his particular sensitivity to scale and proportion – qualities that are so important in this case. What always strikes me at the Memorial is its mixture of grand spaces and spaces that are really not much more than domestic in scale. The Hall of Valour is not big – and its human dimension is a part of its compelling quality.