Embassy Buildings: Government Architecture
Major Governmental Overseas Architectural Projects from around the world
post updated 23 October 2026
We have 2 pages of Embassy Buildings selections.
Embassy Buildings : A-H (this page)
Embassy Architecture : I-Z
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5 October 2026
New West London architecture photos – seven buildings featured:
photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch
22 April 2026
Embassy of Brazil Refurbishment, Cockspur Street, close to Trafalgar Square
Renewal Design: AIS, and Pensaer
photo courtesy of Pensaer
UK-based team of principal contractor AIS and architect Pensaer has commenced work to deliver the refurbishment of The Embassy of Brazil. This historic property is located at the meeting point of Pall Mall and Cockspur St in the heart of St James’s.
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1 December 2025
Embassy Zenith, Bangalore, Karnataka, central India
Architecture: AFW, Singapore
photo : Studio Recall
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Embassy Building Designs News
24 December 2022
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Dhaka, Bangladesh, South Asia
Architects: Uygur Architects
photo : Asif Salmanr
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Dhaka
“The original tropical climate was very different from what we were used to. We realized on the first visit that the dominant material in the streets and the region, and the cultural difference in spatial use would build the backbone of this architectural story. We contemplated and tried a lot to focus on the fact that the final structure should both belong to the region it is located, Bangladesh, and express the country it represents, the Republic of Turkey.”
May 12, 2022
Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
Design: Fentress Architects
photo © Alan Karchmer / OTTO
Royal Norwegian Embassy Washington, D.C.
Established in 1905, Norway’s Embassy is located on the venerable Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. between the Vice President’s residence and the National Cathedral. It’s 1970s Chancery recently underwent an 30,000-square-foot expansion and renovation. Fentress Architects designed this essential element of Norway’s largest embassy complex in to be culturally symbolic, architecturally harmonious, modernized, sustainable and universally accessible.
16 February 2022
Ghana Embassy Paris Building Renewal, 8 Villa Saïd, 75116 Paris, France
Design: Serero Architectes
photo © Didier Boy de la Tour
The project for the Embassy of Ghana in Paris by Serero Architectes is based on a double paradox: creating transparency on an interior garden while preserving strict confidentiality of the workspaces, and digging the entire basement of this mansion in order to clear a large parking lot under the building. Transparency and confidentiality, heritage preservation and resumption of foundations are the themes that have strongly marked the project.
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14 May 2012
Clockwork Embassy Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon, west Africa
Design: Matteo Cainer Architects
The design of the new Swiss Embassy in Yaoundé pays tribute to its renewed presence in the Cameroon and a respect for the uniqueness of the site. The resulting proposal is an elegant ensemble that encapsulates the identity and self-image of the Swiss people and their values. As a result, the core concepts that guide this proposal are an expression of Swiss traditional know-how, and an understanding of what the Embassy can represent and achieve.
4 Apr 2012
The French Embassy in Beijing, China
Design: SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture and GINGER SECHAUD & BOSSUYT
French Embassy Beijing
“The very image of French rigor and elegance, the building has come to represent France on Chinese soil. With a garden at its heart, the 20,000m2 embassy consists of the Chancellery, Consulate, diplomatic residence and private apartments of the Ambassador. Innovative functionality and a bioclimatic design are the result of a site-specific architectural approach and the requirements of a changing world.”
6 Jan 2012
New Staff Housing for U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Design: Sorg Architects
US Embassy Housing
U.S.-based, international designers Sorg Architects, the firm behind over 250 projects in the US and abroad, has designed new, sustainable, staff housing for the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Construction will begin in March 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in January 2014.
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Contemporary Embassy Buildings
Featured completed Buildings + Designs, alphabetical:
Austrian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: Hans Hollein Architects
Austrian Embassy Berlin
British Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: Michael Wilford and Partners
British Embassy Berlin
British Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
Design: HOK
British Embassy Jakarta
British Embassy, Rome, Italy
Design: Basil Spence architect
British Embassy Rome
British Embassy Renovation, Bangkok, Thailand
Design: MJP Architects
British Embassy Bangkok
British Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Design: Tony Fretton Architects
Polish embassy : architecture competition
British High Commission, Sri Lanka
Design: Richard Murphy Architects
British High Commission
Embassy of The Czech Republic, USA
Design: Your Building Here
Czech Republic Embassy, Washington D.C.
Embassies of the Nordic Countries, Berlin, Germany
Masterplan Design: Berger + Parkkinen
Nordic Embassies Buildings Complex
French Embassy Building, Berlin, Germany
Design: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
French Embassy Berlin
Iranian Embassy Building, London, England, UK
Design: Daneshgar Architects
Iranian Embassy London Building
In order to have a fair judgment about our design, you need to consider all aspects we have incorporated in the design. One image which is made public in internet doesn’t say the reality about our design.
Mexican Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Francisco Serrano
Mexican Embassy Building
Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: Rem Koolhaas, OMA Architects
Berlin embassy building
Traditional (former West Berlin) city planning guidelines demanded the new building to complete the city block in 19th century fashion, the (former East Berlin) city planning officials had an open mind towards our proposal for a freestanding cube on a – block completing – podium.
Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK
Design: Arne Jacobsen / Dissing + Weitling
Danish Embassy London
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique
Design: Claus en Kaan Architecten
Dutch Embassy Africa, Maputo
Saudi Arabian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: various architects
Saudi Arabian Embassy Berlin
South African Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Design: MMA Architects
South African Embassy Ethiopia
South African Embassy, Berlin, Germany
MMA Architects
South African Embassy Berlin
Swiss Embassy Building, Berlin, Germany
Design: Diener & Diener, architects
Swiss Embassy Berlin
Swiss Embassy, Washington D.C., USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Swiss Embassy building
US Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados
Design: Sorg Architects
US Embassy Barbados
US Embassy building, London, UK
Design: Eero Saarinen architect
American Embassy Building
New US Embassy Building, southwest London, UK
Design: KieranTimberlake
American Embassy Building London
More contemporary Embassy building designs online soon.
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Embassy Architecture
Other Consulate & Embassy Architecture – no images, alphabetical:
British Embassy, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa
2007
Design: John McAslan & Partners
British Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
2007
Design: Manser Practice
British Embassy, Manila, The Philippines
2008
Design: Denton Corker Marshall
British Embassy, Sana’a, Yemen, The Middle East
2007
Design Engine Architects
Major New Embassy Architecture
Other Consulate & Embassy architecture designs – no images, alphabetical:
Mission of India to the UN, 235 East 43rd Street, New York City, NY, USA
1993
Design: Charles Correa Architect
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2007
Design: Dick van Gameren and Bjarne Mastenbroek
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
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Erick van Egeraat Architects
United States of America Embassy building, Athens, Greece
1961
Walter Gropius with Pericles A. Sakellarios
United States of America Embassy building, Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany
2008
Moore Ruble Yudell architects, California
United States of America Embassy building, Karachi, Pakistan
1963
Richard Neutra Architects
More Embassy building designs online soon
Embassies of the Nordic Countries, Berlin, Germany
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Masterplan Design : Berger + Parkkinen
Five countries, six buildings, six architect teams
Masterplan – design team selected by European architecture competition
Individual buildings – design teams selected by national architecture competitions
(see link to the buildings further up this page)
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Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
Buildings / photos for the Embassy Architecture Designs page welcome