Ohio vets memorial to have glass-walled museum

COLUMBUS (AP) — A statewide veterans memorial will include a high-tech, glass-walled museum and a memorial grove among other features.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that recently released design drawings for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum show sweeping concrete arches supporting the museum’s massive glass-curtain wall.

Other elements include a promenade that will wrap around the building and rise to a rooftop sanctuary.

The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation is leading the project. The corporation’s president says the rooftop green space could be used for various celebrations for military personnel and veterans. He says construction of the new museum should be completed by the end of 2016. The initial cost estimate is $55 million.

Officials say project architects worked with a committee of veterans from across Ohio to gather ideas for the design.