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 (11 children)

Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8) lens, Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/50 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (Shifted vertically -19mm, horizontally -10mm). Cropped to a 4x5 aspect ratio.The embassy's exterior "envelope" curtain forms an interesting abstract pattern that reminds me of the sound absorbing tiles that line recording studios and anechoic chambers. This photo shows the western-facing side.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (7 children)

    The new US Embassy to the UK, completed in 2017, is a roughly cubically-shaped glass box covered on three sides with a semi-transparent textured Teflon "envelope" that aids in temperature regulation. Situated in a landscaped compound on the Thames between the Battersea Power Station and MI6's famous Vauxhall headquarters, it's one of the most distinctive recent structures in that part of London's South Bank.

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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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