The architecture of embassies, from their public spaces to their security apparatus, creates cultural diplomacy through design. Yet as diplomatic needs change over time, how have these buildings—both their functions and the messages they impart—responded to the demands of both security and diplomacy? The presentations and panels of professionals in architecture, history, and government explored the "architecture of diplomacy" across the transatlantic.
Keynote speakers:
Jane Loeffler, Architectural Historian , Author of The Architecture of Diplomacy
Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor of History of Architecture, New York University
Panelists:
Amale Andraos, Dean, GSAPP
Kadambari Baxi, Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture, Barnard College
Casey Jones, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations
Craig Konyk, Adjunct Assistant Professor, GSAPP
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Associate Professor of Historic Preservation, GSAPP
Panel moderator:
Victoria Phillips, Lecturer in History, Columbia University
A reception and an exhibition of Columbia architecture students' followed the event.
This event was co-sponsored by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, The Blinken European Institute, and The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University.
Image: Norge Energi Eksportråd | Center Moderne Norge, Whitney Starbuck Boykin, GSAPP December '13