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The Embassy of the United States of America in London is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom. [1] Its office is located in Nine Elms and is the largest American embassy in Western Europe [2] and the focal point for events relating to the United States held in the United Kingdom.
Architecture firm Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie Winfield House is an English townhouse in Regent's Park , central London and the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (formally, ambassador to the Court of St. James's ).
In 1960, a new United States Embassy was built on the western side of Grosvenor Square. This was a large and architecturally significant modern design by Eero Saarinen, being at the time a controversial insertion into a mainly Georgian and neo-Georgian district of London.
The American embassy moved into the building in 1938. [2] During the Second World War, when the U.S. embassy was on one side and U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower 's headquarters on another, Grosvenor Square became popularly known as "Little America", or "Eisenhowerplatz" (this last, Germanic, form was a joke about Eisenhower's German-origin name).
Just Stop Oil supporters have painted the US embassy building in London orange, as Donald Trump claimed victory in the presidential election. A wall outside the building in Nine Elms was seen ...
Embassy Gardens Phase 2 with the Sky Pool. The "Sky Pool" is a swimming pool that acts as a 14-metre (46 ft) bridge between two high-rise buildings at Embassy Gardens. It is 35 metres (115 ft) above the ground, and it was the first "floating pool" of its kind. It is for residents, and is not open to the general public. [8] [9] [10]
British police said on Friday that a suspicious package left outside the U.S. embassy in London, which was blown up in a controlled explosion, was a hoax device, according to its initial indications.
Opponents rally against winner of US election whom they accuse of bigotry and threatening the climate