Here is the great architect’s, Raymond Moriyama, personal account of conceiving, designing and building the new Canadian War Museum. With a foreword by Adrienne Clarkson. Illustrated throughout with full-colour plans, drawings and photos, it is a compelling story of one man’s commitment to a vision and to the country that provided his inspiration. In this bold museum – and equally bold book – a great canadian artist challenges us to address the following troubling questions:

“How can architecture reflect the ambience of battle without overpowering the visitor or glorifying war?” “What is Canadian?” “What does war mean?”