Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration.
This five-story atrium links all clinical areas at the Duke Cancer Center, drawing the eye to a custom wood screen. The design was inspired by the campus’s collegiate Gothic tradition, as well as the region’s native loblolly pines. ROBERT