The opening of the new, $300 million Rafael Violy-designed National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, has drawn praise locally from critic Mark Lamster, who reviewed it as a unifying "sublime force" whose "uncompromising assertion of abstract form" is an answer to conservative proponents of Neoclassicism and its ability to communicate Americas values. "What could easily descend into a jingoistic celebration of American militarism keeps its focus squarely on the valor and sacrifice of its subjects," he added simply.Photo: Corey Gaffer, courtesy of the National Medal of Honor MuseumThe austere design comprises 102,000 square feet and features a box-like, aluminum-clad primary exhibition hall that hovers 40 feet above the ground, supported by stainless steel pylons that tell the individual stories of over 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients dating to the awards inception during the Civil War.Two projects in coastal Uruguay will follow it as the last Violy designed before hi...