Title & Author:

The New London Embassy : An Expression of American Power / [presented by] James Timberlake (KieranTimberlake).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2018.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (36 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
James Timberlake, 2018 -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. View Looking West With Pond & Landscaping -- The New US Embassy In London's Nine Elms District By KieranTimberlake, 2017 -- The New US Embassy, London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Exploded View -- The New US Embassy, London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Site Plan -- The New US Embassy, London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Laminated Glass Facade With Outer Envelope Of Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) -- The New US Embassy, London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Concept Diagram -- The New US Embassy, London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Visitor Space Feature: Rachel Whiteread Sculpture -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Diagram Of Facade With ETFE Outer Envelope -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Interior Planting Scheme -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Public Space Featuring The Shield Of The United States -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Shield Of The United States -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Interior Public Space -- The New US Embassy Sited On The South Bank Of The River Thames, By KieranTimberlake, 2017 -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Interior Public Space -- The New US Embassy London By KieranTimberlake, 2017. Close View Of Glass Facade With ETFE Outer Envelope -- New York University, 181 Mercer Street, New York City By KieranTimberlake, 2021 -- 24 Grosvenor Square, London, Competition Entry By KieranTimberlake, 2015.
Recorded in July 2018 at the Wordsearch offices in Southwark, London.

Summary:

Philadelphia-based practice KieranTimberlake beat the world's leading architects in the competition for the new US Embassy in London. Completed in 2017, it replaces the famous 1960 Eero Saarinen building in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair. In this talk, founding partner James Timberlake explores how the new building reflects America's democratic values - transparency, openness, and equality - while still meeting the need for heightened security. He discusses the complex construction challenges; the environmental measures employed, including a facade made of laminated glass with an outer envelope of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE); and the hostile reaction from incoming President Donald Trump to the Embassy's relocation to South London's Nine Elms, an area undergoing intense redevelopment.

Subject:

United States. Embassy (Great Britain)
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Timberlake, James, 1952- narrator.