You arrive through the woods on a circular campaign , the chassis of which mimic the sultry frosted deoxyephedrine facade before you . The farsighted , slue building is flanked by individual gardens . You ’re at the Czech Republic ’s new embassy in Washington D.C.
There are some terrifically contrive embassy , but none that I ’ve see have been quite so graceful as this one , a proposal by Czech firm Chalupa Architekti that won a late competition to design the next Czech embassy in the U.S.
And it ’s hard not to revalue the opinion behind the intention , either .
It does not assay to show what we are like , but what we would like to be like , or how we wish to be see to the world : open , positive , well-disposed , helpful , and respectful , considerate to Nature and the environment in general , firm rooted in copious cultural traditions and with regard to democratic principle ; and always quick to help .
Rarely has attempt asylum seemed so attractive . [ Arch Daily ]
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