Columbus, GA Architect for new building
E. Verner Johnson and Associates has recently planned and designed the new 180,000 SF National Infantry Museum. It is currently under construction on a 200-acre site connecting Ft. Benning and the City of Columbus. The new museum will be a place to simultaneously preserve and share the heritage of the U.S. Army Infantry. Through dynamic spaces, including 65,000 SF of interactive exhibits and theaters designed by Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, this museum will show the contributions of the Infantry to the founding and growth of the nation and the preservation of freedom throughout the world. The museum is organized around the primary message, "The Infantry Owns the Last 100 Yards." Visitors literally traverse a 100-yard upward sloping ramp accompanying the Infantry through 200 years of its history. The exhibits along this ramp are immersive, dramatic, and intense utilizing multi-media techniques, smells, smoke and music.
