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United
States Embassy - Grosvenor Square, London, UK
Architect
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Eero Saarinen |
Date
Built
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Opened in 1960 |
Location
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Grosvenor Square, London,
W1A |
Description
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The Embassy
building has nine-storeys, three of them below
ground level and comprises over 600
rooms. It is constructed of pre-cast
reinforced concrete faced with Portland stone
and topped by a huge American eagle made of
gold anodized aluminium.
The plan is to move out of the Grosvenor
Square building by 2017 to take up residence
in a new building, designed by the architect
Keiran Timberlake, in the Nine Elms area of
Wandsworth, near Battersea Power Station.
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