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It's all about the random and excessive brise-soleil clad big
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I can't wait to see how the bronze panels will weather!

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At first I hated it, it was so "not DC?" Not white, not marble,
not neoclassical, just not. But I must admit the last time I was
in DC the structure kind of grew on me. It has an alluring
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I've always been a fan of David's work but at first this
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