Monday, October 25, 2004

Building Diplomacy

Elizabeth Gill Lui has just published a book on the Architecture of US Missions abroad.
Here is the book description provided by Amazon.Com:
"Embassy architecture and design ranges from the humble to the stately, from the practical to the grand. Building Diplomacy is the first comprehensive photographic portrait of the official face of American diplomacy around the world. Elizabeth Gill Lui traveled to fifty countries to photograph American embassies, chanceries, and ambassadors’ residences. This record of her journey includes approximately five hundred artful and eloquent interior and exterior views shot by Lui with a large-format camera. Keya Keita, Lui’s daughter and partner on the project, shot a live-action documentary of embassies and the cultural milieu of each nation Lui and Keita visited. The text includes an essay by Jane Loeffler detailing the history of the U.S. Department of State’s building program......"
See also the article published on the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/arts/design/24ande.html

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