
Kawiaka’s design includes a 3,000-seat amphitheater on a great lawn at the base of the monument, a visitor’s center, and a museum. The competition was administered by George Washington University. The nonprofit Trust for the National Mall will make the final decisions on the renovations to the grounds of the monument.
Kawiaka is a registered architect and operates her own design firm in White River Junction, Vermont. She is a graduate of Smith College and earned a master’s degree in architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She has taught at Dartmouth for the past 15 years.



