When it was announced in 2013, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects’s project for the U.S. chancery in Mexico City signaled the new turn in embassy design. (Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects ...

This contributed to a system where embassy projects are evaluated first and foremost for cost efficiency, with design and location relegated to the status of afterthought. Such designs and ...

"This project establishes a new US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, away from the city centre. The design is rooted in both traditional and contemporary Japanese architectural and cultural principles ...