Walls That Talk, in Harmony; At the Nigerian Embassy, a Sweeping Curve of Stone Meets a Rectangle of Glass

The Washington Post | March 16, 2002| | Copyright

When Shalom Baranes first visited the hilltop in Northwest Washington more than a decade ago, he formed a strong impression of what the site required in the way of architecture: a wall.

"Not a Robert Frost wall," Baranes recalls, "but a heroic Roman wall that would dictate movement and command reverence, a wall that would choreograph the approach to the building."

Out of such first impressions, sometimes, comes architectural excellence. Baranes eventually was able to build his "heroic" wall, and to join it dramatically to another, equally impressive -- but very different -- wall. Together, the ...

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