Diplomacy demands a certain style: no capital can compete with Washington, D.C. for the sheer presence, the elegance, and diversity of its diplomatic headquarters. All along the boulevards representatives of world governments live and work in residences that are technically the territory of each nation. Recently, countries like Italy have chosen to build embassies and residences that project their political purpose to the passerby.
Walk through the gates of the mansions on Massachusetts Avenue and enter an array of interiors, gardens, and offices that are designs for international living. The splendid images in this book, captured by Antonio Castañeda-Buraglia, take the reader into the rooms in the heart of buildings where diplomatic history lives. The forty-five homes here are the U.S. addresses for the best art, handicrafts, garden styles, interior decoration, and often, personal history, of diplomats who represent the world to America. These details taken together present a world of international design choices -each room with a very worldy purpose.
Walk through the gates of the mansions on Massachusetts Avenue and enter an array of interiors, gardens, and offices that are designs for international living. The splendid images in this book, captured by Antonio Castañeda-Buraglia, take the reader into the rooms in the heart of buildings where diplomatic history lives. The forty-five homes here are the U.S. addresses for the best art, handicrafts, garden styles, interior decoration, and often, personal history, of diplomats who represent the world to America. These details taken together present a world of international design choices -each room with a very worldy purpose.
About the Author
Jane C. Loeffler is a professional architectural historian teaching as a visiting associate professor University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies. Loeffler holds a Master's in City Planning from Harvard's Graduate School of Design and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from the George Washington University. For contributions to international affairs, the U.S. Department of State awarded her its Distinguished Public Service Award in 1998.
Walter L. Cutler, US Ambassador (retired), is President of The Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.
Lily Urdinola de Bianchi is a South American journalist whose byline appears regularly in magazines and newspapers in Chile and Colombia.
Walter L. Cutler, US Ambassador (retired), is President of The Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.
Lily Urdinola de Bianchi is a South American journalist whose byline appears regularly in magazines and newspapers in Chile and Colombia.
