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February 26th, 2010, 10:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_us-embassy.jpgIf you visit the US embassy (http://gizmodo.com/tag/usembassy/) in London now, it's a pit of concrete, barbed wire, bollards and soldiers with machine guns. You feel like a criminal just walking past it. This carbon neutral (http://gizmodo.com/tag/carbonneutral/) redesign is radical in comparison.
It's been described as encompassing the United States' "core beliefs of our democracy - transparency, openness and equality." It'll cost at least $1 billion to construct, and should be opening its doors in 2017. The current building was constructed in the 1950s, but didn't open until 1960—and certainly can't boast anything like a moat, that's seen in the plans for the new building.
Surrounded by an "Embassy Park," with moat, the glass cube building will also look like a certain Apple building in Manhattan (http://gizmodo.com/5403255/inside-apples-newest-temple), don't you think? It'll be covered in solar panels, and lined with energy absorbing material. Because you know London is the sunniest place on earth, obviously. [KieranTimberlake (http://blog.kierantimberlake.com/new-us-embassy-in-london-488) via Construction Europe (http://www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item51768/Design-revealed-for-new-US-embassy-in-London/) via The Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/24/us_embassy/)]
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Surrounded by an "Embassy Park," with moat, the glass cube building will also look like a certain Apple building in Manhattan (http://gizmodo.com/5403255/inside-apples-newest-temple), don't you think? It'll be covered in solar panels, and lined with energy absorbing material. Because you know London is the sunniest place on earth, obviously. [KieranTimberlake (http://blog.kierantimberlake.com/new-us-embassy-in-london-488) via Construction Europe (http://www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item51768/Design-revealed-for-new-US-embassy-in-London/) via The Reg (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/24/us_embassy/)]
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