US Embassy Building, Wandsworth, London, UK, 2025.All the pixels, each unsure of which side of the road on which to drive, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54#photography

Abstract photo of a pattern formed by a curtain of semi-transparent textured teflon sheets over a glass office building exterior.
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[–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

Deigned by the Philadelphia architectural firm KieranTimberlake*, the chancery building incorporates a number of sustainable design elements, and has been generally well received (international politics aside) by staff and local residents. It replaced a mid-century modern structure (by Eero Saarinen, now being redeveloped as a hotel) in the more traditionally fancypants Grosvenor Square neighborhood.* Coincidentally, also the designer of Penn's Levine Hall, where I once had my office.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago

    Aside: Although the new embassy, which had been in the works for years, opened during the first Trump administration, he disliked the building so much that he refused to attend its official opening. Presumably not enough gold leaf.

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