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The Saudi's were key to aligning the gulf region against ISIS and participated in the strikes with their own pilots.  

 

http://online.wsj.com/articles/deal-with-saudis-paved-way-for-syrian-airstrikes-1411605329

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-prince-turki-al-faisal-on-syria-airstrikes/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-syria-crisis-saudi-idUSKCN0HI1Y120140923

 

With regard to the building itself... I'm not sure our embassy buildings abroad look too amazing...

 

In London:

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In Tokyo:

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In Mexico City:

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I love the new design. Miles ahead of what is currently our embassy and I also like how it shrinks the area down to a pure cube form placed in a nice park-ish type setting. It gives a lot of generous public space which I think actually represents a great deal with our relationship with the UK. One of trust and friendship.

 

If your going to say it's ugly or blanket statements like "London has gone straight to hell architecturally" at least back it up with logical reasoning or something that resembles actual insight.

 

London is one of the more progressive cities in terms of its architecture. It just has a wonderful mix of everything from Medieval to Contemporary. It's all there and finally its starting to reach to the sky.

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I don't think the only alternative to sprawl is skyscraper.

Sprawl as we know and grow it = unnecessary space.

London is a sprawling metropolis but even before the plethora of skyscrapers it wasn't sprawl as we know it. There just isn't a whole lot of unnecessary space in Londons core, and the non-core metro cities are mainly tightly packed, high density burbs surrounded by miles of pasture.

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Wasn't trying to be a smartass! Seriously tho, on an architecture forum the opposite of going way up is going way out, especially for Houston. What do you actually prefer then?

 

It's a false trade-off.  Most European cities like London have very few high-rises but are still relatively contained.  You really don't see much over six stories.  The parts with high-rises also tend to have the dullest street life.

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I like it. It's more interesting (IMO) than the other examples of Embassy Architecture. Those diamond facade things soften it up. And the green space/ landscape design is an added plus. Wonder what it will look like at night. 

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It's a false trade-off.  Most European cities like London have very few high-rises but are still relatively contained.  You really don't see much over six stories.  The parts with high-rises also tend to have the dullest street life.

 

Bingo!

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The current U.S. embassy in London is all about location - Grosvenor Square, in Mayfair. It may not look like much in the photo, but when you walk up to it on a casual stroll through one of the city's most elegant neighborhoods, your jaw kind of hits the ground. The whole place has a quiet, understated atmosphere which makes you think of old spy movies. Whereas the new one, though exciting, is more in the style of typical American bombast.

 

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/johannacalifornia/8569565059/

 

And isn't the new one costing like a billion dollars or something? Yikes.

 

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