{"57864":{"#nid":"57864","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Balfour Addresses American Embassy in Berlin","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour will meet with architects and officials in Munich and Berlin to discuss the new American Embassy on Pariser Platz in Berlin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn meetings with the Bavarian Chamber of Architects in Munich and academic peers at the American Academy in Berlin, Balfour is expected to address the development of Berlin\u0027s Pariser Platz, a focal point of the city, before and after the collapse of the Wall. Where fires and war had ravaged the square behind the Brandenburg Gate, the new American Embassy helps symbolize the area\u0027s proud restoration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, he will deliver a keynote lecture at an invitation-only symposium at the American Embassy in Berlin designed to discuss and substantiate public perception of the new building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBalfour\u0027s celebrated body of research and writings on cities includes\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBerlin: The Politics of Order: 1737-1989\u003C\/em\u003E(1990) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBerlin\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1995), one of three in the World Cities series of books. The American Institute of Architects recognized both works with International Book Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis recent return to Georgia Tech continues a distinguished international career in education. Previously, Balfour led the architecture schools of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Architectural Association in London and Rice University in Houston.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Public perception still forming for new symbolic structure."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour will meet with architects and officials in Munich and Berlin to discuss the new American Embassy on Pariser Platz in Berlin.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Public perception still forming for new symbolic structure."}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2008-09-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:43","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57865":{"id":"57865","type":"image","title":"Berlin: The Politics of Order: 1737","body":null,"created":"1449176187","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:27","changed":"1475894508","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:48","alt":"Berlin: The Politics of Order: 1737","file":{"fid":"190695","name":"tsp84439.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsp84439_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsp84439_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70875,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tsp84439_0.jpg?itok=bPkq13Bg"}}},"media_ids":["57865"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1166","name":"alan balfour"},{"id":"9770","name":"berlin american embassy"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"9771","name":"embassy architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}