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American Embassy London, Architect, Photo, Location, Design, News, Shortlist
American Embassy Building, London : Architecture
US Embassy - Mayfair Building, London, England, UK
American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair
1955/57-60
Eero Saarinen
This strong and reposed design by famous 20th Century architect Eero
Saarinen has been given Grade II status (ie not the top ranking) by
UK Architecture minister Margaret Hodge. The rhythmic facades were
picked out for special mention.

photos © Adrian Welch
New American Embassy in London : Design Competition
American Embassy Building London,
UK : KieranTimberlake wins Contest

The four competing architectural firms KieranTimberlake, Morphosis
Architects, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and Richard Meier &
Partners worked for nearly a year and made presentations to the jury
which then recommended the winning design.
Site: Vauxhall, close to MI6 building
Shortlisted Architects (stipulated by Client as all-American for security
reasons):
Gwathmey, Siegel and Associates
Kallmann, McKinnell and Wood
KieranTimberlake
Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Associates
Morphosis Architects
PEI Cobb Freed and Partners
Perkins and Will
Richard Meier and Partners
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
American Embassy Building
London : Further Information on the winning design
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