Author(s): Artur JASIŃSKI
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2015
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Issue/ Volume: 13/2015
DOI:
Abstract:
Headquarters of secret services and public security institutions are typically
build as suburban office parks, surrounded with parking lots, or as downtown citadels,
situated close to government districts. They are huge, inaccessible and strongly secured
structures. Formerly their images used to be classified, but now, very often, their
contemporary architecture, which resembles university campuses or corporation
headquarters, is being used as a marketing tool to create a desirable public image,
suggesting that they are open, transparent and democratic institutions.
Keywords: architecture, secret services; public security institutions;
architecture as a public image creating tool;
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