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Embassy of Liberia

The years of unrest and turbulence of the Liberian nation was marked by this prairie-style brick house that lay fire scorched for nearly 12 years. The Liberian Embassy at 5216 16th Street, N.W., sits across from Carter Baron in Washington D.C., and stands anew as a symbol of how a heritage can be transformed into a legacy through good design planning.

This eleven room house required a great deal of careful and sympathetic restoration The architectural craftmanship that has come to define OTJ moves beyond the facade of the building's exterior, it is a pervasive detail that succeeds in returning this deeply neglected interior back to its original form. What had to be overcome in this project was the tension of a still vivid history and the prominence of a vital heritage. It is obvious that a renewed strength was achieved.

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