Message for U.S. Citizens: New Address of the U.S. Embassy in London
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New Embassy Benefits
One of the primary goals of Kieran Timberlake’s design is to demonstrate exceptional environmental leadership that is at or beyond the leading edge of practice when the building is completed. The design team established the following goals above and beyond the already stringent requirements established by the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations for the New ... Read More»
3D Printing Our New Embassy
Watch (a model) our new London Embassy being 3D printed ! This 3D model will be on display in the Embassy lobby: Read More»
New Embassy – News archive & Timeline
Abbreviations used: CAC = Controlled Access Compound NLE = New London Embassy 2015 December 2015 Topping-out ceremony. November 2015 Internal curtain wall completed for the Pacific forest and Mid Atlantic gardens Curtain Wall installation has moved onto level 8. Raised flooring installation continues levels 1 through 3 The glazing on the CAC’s has started and continues ... Read More»
OBO in London – The New London Embassy
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) directs the worldwide overseas building program for the Department of State and the U.S. Government community serving abroad. In concert with other State Department bureaus, foreign affairs agencies, and Congress, OBO sets worldwide priorities for the design, construction, acquisition, maintenance, use, and sale of real properties and the use of sales proceeds. OBO’s mission ... Read More»
The old American Embassy London Chancery Building
As of January 2018 the U.S. Embassy in London is now located in a new building in Nine Elms . History The United States has been associated with Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair since the late eighteenth century when John Adams, the first United States Minister to the Court of St. James’s, lived from 1785 to 1788 in the house ... Read More»
A Note on Our New Embassy
17 January 2014 (This article originally appeared on Ambassador Barzun’s Tumblr ) AMBASSADOR BARZUN: I noticed a few news outlets this week reporting that funding for the construction of our new Embassy building may be removed. As this might cause concern among those excited and invested in the redevelopment of Nine Elms, I wanted to put minds at ... Read More»
U.S. Mission Breaks Ground for New Embassy in London
U.S. Embassy, London November 13, 2013 @USAinUKPress 032-13 Today, in an important symbol of our enduring friendship with the United Kingdom, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew W. Barzun, Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Lydia Muniz, and Ravi Govindia, Leader of Wandsworth Council broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy in the ... Read More»
New London Embassy construction site panorama #3
For an overview of the construction site at Nine Elms beginning October 2013, take a look at this wide construction site panorama (opens in new window). This is a very large image, 15,300 pixels wide (8.8Mb) so you may need to zoom in! Read More»
New London Embassy construction site panorama #2
Here is our second panorama photo of the construction site for our new London Embassy, viewed from the East. Nine Elms Lane is on the right side of the photo. Accommodation and office facilities (green pre-fab buildings in the lower left hand side of the photo) are being erected. There are two stories now and ... Read More»
New London Embassy construction site panorama #1
Here is a panorama photo of the construction site for our new London Embassy, viewed from the East. Nine Elms Lane is on the right side of the photo. Building works are on-going for the installation of diaphragm walls and production piles. Four (4) test piles are currently under way around the site. A large ... Read More»
A Live Briefing on the new U.S. Embassy London
In 2017, the American Embassy will move to Nine Elms in Wandsworth. Its unique green design will make it a landmark project. As Ambassador Susman said when announcing the winning design by KieranTimberlake, “We hope to contribute to the architectural heritage and future history of this great city”. On Wednesday 18th July, we broadcast a ... Read More»
New Embassy Design Concept
Winning design concept As Prepared by KieranTimberlake KieranTimberlake’s concept for the New London Embassy is the result of their efforts to resolve, in architectural terms, what an embassy aspires to be and what present realities dictate it must do. The expressive challenge is to give form to the core beliefs of our democracy – transparency, openness, ... Read More»
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