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Embassy Buildings : Government Architecture

Major Governmental Overseas Architectural Projects from around the world

post updated 2 August 2024

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Embassy Buildings. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the world. The focus is on contemporary Embassy buildings but information on traditional Embassies is also welcome.

Embassy Buildings

We have 2 pages of Embassy Architecture selections.

Embassy Buildings : A-H (this page)

Embassy Architecture : I-Z

16 February 2022
Réhabiliatation of the Ghana Embassy, 8 Villa Saïd, 75116 Paris, France
Design: Serero Architectes
Ghana Embassy Paris Building Renewal
photo © Didier Boy de la Tour
Ghana Embassy Paris Building Renewal
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.

Embassy Building Designs

14 May 2012
Clockwork Embassy, Yaoundé, Cameroon, west Africa
Design: Matteo Cainer Architects
Clockwork Embassy Building
image from architects
Clockwork Embassy Cameroon
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.

added 4 Apr 2012
The French Embassy in Beijing, China
Design: SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture and GINGER SECHAUD & BOSSUYT
The French Embassy in Beijing Building
picture © Adagp-photographe Noelle Hoeppe
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
New Staff Housing for U.S.A. in Haiti
image Courtesy of 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.

Contemporary Embassy Buildings

Featured completed Buildings + Designs, alphabetical:

Austrian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: Hans Hollein Architects
Austrian Embassy Berlin
photo © AW
Austrian Embassy Berlin

British Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Design: Michael Wilford and Partners
Berlin building design by Michael Wilford and Partners
image © Adrian Welch
British Embassy Berlin

British Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
Design: HOK
sh Embassy Jakarta
picture from architects
British Embassy Jakarta

British Embassy, Rome, Italy
Design: Basil Spence architect
British Embassy Rome
photo © Adrian Welch
British Embassy Rome

British Embassy Renovation, Bangkok, Thailand
Design: MJP Architects
British Embassy Bangkok
picture from architect
British Embassy Bangkok

British Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Design: Tony Fretton Architects
Warsaw British Embassy
image © Hayes Davidson
Polish embassy : architecture competition

British High Commission, Sri Lanka
Design: Richard Murphy Architects
British High Commission Building
image from RMA
British High Commission

Embassy of The Czech Republic, USA
Design: Your Building Here
Czech Republic Embassy Washington DC
image from architect
Czech Republic Embassy, Washington D.C.

Embassies of the Nordic Countries, Berlin, Germany
Masterplan Design: Berger + Parkkinen
Nordic Embassies Berlin
picture © Adrian Welch
Nordic Embassies Buildings Complex

French Embassy Building, Berlin, Germany
Design: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
French Embassy Building Berlin
image © Isabelle Lomholt
French Embassy Berlin

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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

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Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Design: Rem Koolhaas Architect / OMA
Netherlands Embassy Germany
photo : Christian Richters from OMA
Berlin embassy building

Embassies of the Nordic Countries, Berlin, Germany

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)

Architecture Design

Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:

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