Reviews
"The history on display here shows architecutre as an expression of both art and politics. It also suggests some career direction: Anyone at the State Department feeling angst-ridden should, clearly, start angling to become deputy chief of mission in Madrid. Trust me."-Warren Bass, Washington Post Book World, December 1925, 2004, "The history on display here shows architecutre as an expression of both art and politics. It also suggests some career direction: Anyone at the State Department feeling angst-ridden should, clearly, start angling to become deputy chief of mission in Madrid. Trust me."--Warren Bass, Washington Post Book World, December 19-25, 2004, "The history on display here shows architecutre as an expression of both art and politics. It also suggests some career direction: Anyone at the State Department feeling angst-ridden should, clearly, start angling to become deputy chief of mission in Madrid. Trust me."-Warren Bass, Washington Post Book World, December 19-25, 2004, "Travelers associating the words 'American embassy' only with lost passports and long lines are missing out. Judging from the 40-plus locations showcased in Building Diplomacy, travel guides might be advised to list America's foreign diplomatic centers under 'Things to See.' . . . For Lui, the project was more than a collection of architectural photographs. Her hope, she says, is that it will 'really appeal to the American people to build a constituency for cultural diplomacy.'"--Leslee Komaiko, Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2004, "The embassy buildings break down architecturally into different types: There is the adapted vernacular, exemplified by a dilapidated gray plaster building from 1980 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Then there are sumptuous historic houses, like the Hotel de Talleyrand in Paris. A staple backdrop for cocktail parties in Cold War-era spy movies, this type reflects the shift of power to the United States: many of these buildings are former bastions of European supremacy, now controlled by the State Department."--Frances Anderton, New York Times, October 24, 2004, "The embassy buildings break down architecturally into different types: There is the adapted vernacular, exemplified by a dilapidated gray plaster building from 1980 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Then there are sumptuous historic houses, like the Hotel de Talleyrand in Paris. A staple backdrop for cocktail parties in Cold War-era spy movies, this type reflects the shift of power to the United States: many of these buildings are former bastions of European supremacy, now controlled by the State Department."-Frances Anderton, New York Times, October 24, 2004
