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10 unusual facts about Embassy of the United States


China United Airlines

CIA, U.S embassy in China, and China United Airlines refuse to comment on this incident.

Embassy of the United States, Baghdad

During construction, the US government kept many aspects of the project under wraps, with many details released only in a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report.

Embassy of the United States, London

On February 23, 2010, the U.S. government announced that a team led by the firm of KieranTimberlake has won the competition to design the new embassy building and surrounding greenspaces.

Matthew Barzun was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's on August 15, 2013, by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

In November 2009, the U.S. government conditionally agreed to sell the Grosvenor Square Chancery Building to Qatari real-estate investment firm Qatari Diar, which in 2007 purchased the Chelsea Barracks.

Embassy of the United States, Oslo

The Embassy Chancery on Henrik Ibsens gate was designed by Finnish–American architect Eero Saarinen, who also designed the American Embassy in London and the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Embassy of the United States, Sarajevo

In the month following al Qaeda's bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 American intelligence analysts became concerned that Arab immigrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina planned to attack the US Embassy in Sarajevo.

Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv

The United States-Israel Educational Foundation also operates an EducationUSA Counseling Center which distributes information on post-secondary educational opportunities in the United States.

Embassy of the United States, Tirana

The Embassy of the United States in Tirana is the embassy of the United States in Albania, in the capital city of Tirana.

Occupy Ottawa

It finally converged on the United States Embassy on Sussex Drive to express solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, and protest the eviction and police brutality the movement faced at the time.


Embassy of the People's Republic of China, London

Unconfirmed rumours have suggested that the Embassy is likely to move from Portland Place to a new development in the Nine Elms area on the south bank of the River Thames, where the Dutch Embassy and the Embassy of the United States are due to relocate.

Mark Sarkisian

Sarkisian has designed over 50 major building projects around the world including the Embassy of the United States, Beijing, the NBC Tower, the Cathedral of Christ the Light, the Jin Mao Tower (currently the fifth tallest building in the world), and the 415 meter-tall Al-Hamra Tower in Kuwait.