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New American Embassy in London being built to reflect our values

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Incognito

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http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=8661

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As reported by the Guardian, the new US Embassy in London is intended to be "a 12-storey cube clad in a blastproof glass and plastic façade" surrounded by a 30-metre blast zone. In the proof image above, it looks not unlike a high-end bunker has been simply dropped from space on London, an impregnable and isolated chunk of America. And while security is an obvious and present concern, I think perhaps this building says a little more than it was intended to.

In fact, let’s admit it. IT’S A FORTRESS WITH A FUCKING MOAT. It doesn’t say "welcome to a little piece of America, one of the best ideas the world ever had and a country that welcomes the tired and poor and afraid."
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:lol
 
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Branduil

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And?

It could look better, but I understand the security concerns. They should have just made it look like a castle or something.
 
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Stinkles

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London has no business complaining. Unrestrained monstrosities looming over the city, inside-out skyscrapers and various nob-shaped calamities - at least this thing has a bit of grass and a nice pond.
 
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industrian

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OuterWorldVoice said:
London has no business complaining. Unrestrained monstrosities looming over the city, inside-out skyscrapers and various nob-shaped calamities - at least this thing has a bit of grass and a nice pond.
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Even though it looks like the architect ripped off the new BBC Scotland HQ in Glasgow.
 
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goomba

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Shows how scared America is of the rise of both Islamic fundamentalism and anti US foreign policy sentiment in the UK.
 
mckmas8808

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goomba said:
Shows how scared America is of the rise of both Islamic fundamentalism and anti US foreign policy sentiment in the UK.
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What's wrong with making it bullet proof?
 
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goomba said:
Shows how scared America is of the rise of both Islamic fundamentalism and anti US foreign policy sentiment in the UK.
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So it's a better idea to have a completely indefensible construct in order to show how big our dicks are?
 
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whytemyke

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It looks stupid but I can only imagine how much stuff gets run thru the embassy in London. I'm sure countless intel 'missions' are done thru there, tons of lower-level state department meetings...

Anyways, it's not like London is the safest place for the British, let alone Americans who may be trying to work over there. Wasn't there just that survey done that said that most of the West views London as the focal point of the global jihad against Western Civ?
 
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nemesun

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$1 billion high-security embassy in London — the most expensive it has ever built.
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Good gracious me, so much waste of money while the country still reels in recession.they finally lost their marbles...
 
Joel Was Right

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London's best buildings are in Oxford and Regent Street, also in the City near the Tower. But 90% of the buildings are fugly here. This embassy beats them all.

After the spat with two of the most prominent figures in British architecture, and both peers, a second diplomatic banana skin looms: the US government has yet to agree with HM Treasury about whether it will pay VAT on the building cost and the $1bn (£650m) price quoted yesterday did not include VAT. Susman said last night talks are continuing.
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What? How does that work? Pay the damn cost.
 
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Meus Renaissance said:
London's best buildings are in Oxford and Regent Street, also in the City near the Tower. But 90% of the buildings are fugly here. This embassy beats them all.
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nah, maritime greenwich. a penchant for fuck you imperial neo-classicalism is the common strain between me and hitler.
 
moojito

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It should have a giant stetson on the top of it. It would lend it an air of quiet authority, and noone would have concerns about the moat and the.. crumple zone.
 
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Timbuktu

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Meus Renaissance said:
London's best buildings are in Oxford and Regent Street, also in the City near the Tower. But 90% of the buildings are fugly here. This embassy beats them all.
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There is an elegance and charm to all the Georgian houses and square. It's not Paris but I like the messiness of London.

This new one is just upriver from the MI6 HQ, and it isn't any worst than the old US embassy. The one with the giant eagle on top

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SmokyDave

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That looks pretty damned cool. Can't say as I blame them on the security side of things, it's a high profile target in a place they regard as the wests Jihad City.
 
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