“New US embassy is cool, remote and far from subtle …”
by VivaVauxhall - February 23rd, 2010.Filed under: Local Developments, VNEB.
… reads the headline to the article in today’s Guardian which goes on to say, ‘The winning design by Kieran Timberlake architects reflects the US political process: nominally open to all, yet, in practice, tightly controlled.’
You can read the article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/23/us-embassy-cool-remote-not-subtle
And if, like me, the word ha-ha is new to you, in architectural terms it’s a ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
LBC ARE DOING A POLE.
so far nearly 60% of respondents do not like it, 30% like it and 10% no opinion.
http://www.lbc.co.uk/have-your-say-vote-on-the-new-us-embassy-20985