This October, Nord Embroden, a professor emeritus of CAD and construction management—who also has twice held the world speed record for land yacht sailing—expects to ascend the tower at the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pa., to finally adjust the rigging of 40 aluminum sails he designed to empower the tower to talk.
The “Tower of Voices” is the last element of the three-phase, $56-million project to create the memorial park. Paul Murdoch Architects, Los Angeles, won the design competition in 2005 with a proposal that included a 93-ft-tall tower housing 40, 5- to 10-ft-long, 8 in.-dia., tubular wind chimes.