The former and future U.S. Embassy building in Havana is a relic of Washington's post-WWII bid to use modern architecture to project its image as a triumphant, dynamic superpower.
A congressional hearing last month slammed the State Department's embassy design program over cost and security concerns, suggesting that the department may have some PR work to do.
A member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has pushed for a hearing on the matter in the coming weeks.
At Bernard Tschumi's New Acropolis Museum, in the shadow of the Parthenon, Greece displays the glorious remnants of its past--and bids to reclaim those it lost.
Terence Riley and John Bennett find inspiration in the legacy of Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe.
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