The Value of the Void

When members of the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas, two of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, in 2001, many demanded their rebuilding a feared the destruction and loss of such an irreplaceable cultural icon.
Well, the architect consulting on what to do with the site has scrapped all ideas of rebuilding the structures saying

The void is the true sculpture. It stands disembodied witness to the will, thoughts and spiritual tensions of men long gone. The immanent presence of the niche, even without its sculpture, represents a victory for the monument and a defeat for those who tried to obliterate its memory with dynamite.

Take a look...
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/The-victory-of-the-void,-a-defeat-for-the-Taliban/26499