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Architecture professor at UC Berkeley, author of “Borderwall as Architecture”
Architecture professor at UC Berkeley, author of “Borderwall as Architecture”
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Ronald Rael
FROM Ronald Rael
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. It also “brings people together in really remarkable and interesting ways,” and DnA tells their stories.
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