What is shalom baranes?

Shalom Baranes was an American architect born on January 17, 1925, in East New York, Brooklyn. He studied architecture at Cornell University and later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to complete a master's degree in city planning.

Baranes worked for several prominent New York City architecture firms before starting his own practice in 1961. He became known for his commercial, institutional, and residential designs, primarily in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

His notable works include the Washington Dulles Hilton, the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, the Washington Gas Building, the National Academy of Sciences Building, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.

Baranes was also a professor at the Catholic University of America's School of Architecture and Planning, where he taught for 41 years until his death in December 2000 at the age of 75.

Throughout his career, Baranes received numerous awards and honors, including the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Centennial Medal, the AIA Distinguished Service Medal, and induction into the Washington, D.C., Hall of Fame.