Coventry the architectural design (in 1940 the tower had no internal wooden floors and a stone vault below the belfry) it survived the destruction of the rest of the cathedral. The new Coventry Cathedral was opened in 1962 next to the ruins of the old. It was designed by Sir Basil Spence. The cathedral contains the tapestry "Christ in Glory" by Graham Sutherland. The bronze statue "St Michael's Victory over the Devil" by Jacob Epstein is mounted on the exterior of the new cathedral near the entrance. Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem", regarded by some as his masterpiece, was written for the
Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 at Perry Green, Hertfordshire. Moore made a larger and reversed version of the sculpture, "Mirror Knife Edge 1977" or "Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece" (LH 714) – which is 5.34x7.21x3.63m or about 17.5x23.7x11.9 feet and weighs about – which was commissioned for the entrance to I. M. Pei's east wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The work is carefully cleaned and conserved each year to maintain the distinction between its shiny and patinated surfaces, as the artist intended. The second cast of "Knife Edge Two Piece" is located in Abingdon Street Gardens, also known as College