Building Diplomacy: The Architecture of American Embassies
Elizabeth Gill Lui, Keya Keita, Jane C. Loeffler, Kevin Spence
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Published by Four Stops Press / Cornell University Press, Los Angeles, 2004
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Building Diplomacy is a comprehensive photographic documentary featuring the architecture of U.S. embassies. Photographed from November 2000 through November 2003, this body of work is a portrait of America's international diplomatic presence.
About the Author: Elizabeth Gill Lui is an internationally known fine-art photographer and educator. Her work has been recognized with grants from the Ford Foundation and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, which supported the publication of her book Closed Mondays. Jane Loeffler is Visiting Associate Professor in the University Honors Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of The Architecture of Diplomacy.
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Title: Building Diplomacy: The Architecture of ...
Publisher: Four Stops Press / Cornell University Press, Los Angeles
Publication Date: 2004
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With gift inscription by and signed by Eliabeth Gill Lui. 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.America's commitment to historic preservation of properties has been realized in Buenos Aires, London, Paris, Prague, and Tokyo. The modernist tradition is showcased in Argentina, Greece, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Uruguay. Vernacular buildings adapted to diplomatic use are widespread: Lui photographed examples of adapted reuse in Ghana, Iceland, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Palau. Buildings that reflect Europe's colonial legacy are also in evidence. After the 1983 bombing in Beirut, embassy construction began to reflect increased security concerns. Embassies built after 1998, although isolated within walled compounds, are well regarded by those who work in them. The author makes a case that embassy architecture is a critical aspect of American identity on the international landscape and can be formative in defining a new cultural diplomacy in the twenty-first century. Structured geographically, Building Diplomacy portrays embassies in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East, the Pacific, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. An appendix lists the architects and designers of the featured buildings. More information about Building Diplomacy is also available.Elizabeth Gill Lui is an internationally known fine-art photographer and educator. Her work has been recognized with grants from the Ford Foundation and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # SKU2010025053
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Beautifully inscribed by author (sans dedication) in black fountain ink on verso of ffep: "To Peace in Our Lifetime," signed, and dated 9/2004. Essay by Jane C. Loeffler. Cultural Montages by Keya Keita. As new, firsst edition, first printing, in gray cloth boards with map endpapers, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. LADA. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 10407
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