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Design and Architecture

Bridges and Walls: The Border Wall

Can a wall also act as a bridge? The U.S.-Mexico border wall stretches along 700 miles. It divides two nations that are strategic allies and trading partners, and continues to divide Americans along partisan lines.

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By Frances Anderton • Feb 6, 2018 • 28m Listen

When Donald Trump ran for president, building a wall along our nation’s southern border was one of his biggest rallying cries.

California Arts Council, a state agency.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Avishay Artsy

    Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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    Jenny Hamel

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    Ronald Rael

    Architecture professor at UC Berkeley, author of “Borderwall as Architecture”

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    Francisco Cantú

    Author of “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From The Border”

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