The ugliness of foreign embassy's

[SUBMAN1]

Since we are doing threads today about embassy's from around the world, I'd like to point out that all of them are pretty ugly.



Here is a pic of the German Embassy in DC. A child could have done better with tinker toys:

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6396/germanembassyws4.jpg


The French, not so bad. Looks like a professional office building but it's still pretty ugly:

http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/local/cache-vignettes/L360xH255/File0198-2-aab32.jpg


Swiss embassy - can't decide if I like it or hate it. I think I hate it:

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/america/jpgs/swiss_embassy_washington_sgla120607_1.jpg


Now the Brits know how to make something look good:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2731/britsgi9.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Definitely going with the Brits. I like the old school design.

[Dowly]

I like the Swiss one. :roll:

[Syxx_Killer]

Gotta hand it to the Brits on this one! :cool: I do kind of like the German one, though. :oops: Just curious, how does the American embassies look in each respective country above?

[Happy Times]

The US embassy in here looks alot like that British one in DC.:D

[CCIP]

Here's some in Ottawa...

US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AmbassadeUSAottawahiver.JPG
horrid, over-fortified, Orwellian. Hardly a neighbourly embassy. I don't understand how the US can build something like that right smack downtown near the Canadian parliament (I believe it's physically the closest embassy to the parliament) and not be a little wary of inspiring a negative, paranoid and over-dominating image in Canadians.

Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Russian_Embassy_in_Ottawa.JPG
not much better but at least not as huge and arrogant, and at least that entrance is a bit... cheerful?

China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:China%2C_Ottawa.JPG
not very Chinese-looking, hardly has right character. Looks like an old monastery

High Commission of the UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UK_High_Commission_in_Canada.JPG
Ew. Bad, bad and ugly office block.

France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:France%2C_Ottawa.jpg
Not the best example of French architecture. But at least it looks somewhat French.

Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:German_Embassy_in_Ottawa.JPG
Pretty banal I would say

Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Japan%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Shy and uninteresting

Algeria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Algeria%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Beautiful building, but nothing Algerian about it

Cuba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cuba%2C_Ottawa.JPG
A Cold War bunker (way to beat the paranoid-ness of the American one :huh:)

Czech Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Czech_Republic%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Modest :lol:

Hungary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hungary%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Really beautiful building there! :up:

India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Cuba meets Japan meets UK. not cool.

Indonesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Indonesia%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Not as bad as it looks on this photo actually. I've been in it, it's actually alright. Very open.

Kuwait
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kuwait_Ottawa.JPG
I find this one kind of cool. Very arab.

Saudi Arabia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saudi_Arabia%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Same about this one!

Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Swiss_Embassy_in_Ottawa.JPG
Positively Swiss :D

[AVGWarhawk]

CCIP,

The Switzerland building looks like a ski chalet.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I think the British one stands less chance of being attacked. It looks more like a country club than an embassy :lol:

[mrbeast]

The German one will look nice when its finnished. :hmm:

The French one looks like a small multi-storey car park. :roll:

Quite like the Swiss one, minimalist chic. :cool:

And our embassy, well what can I say; classic style comes to mind :|\\

[XabbaRus]

Moscow British Embassy is crap. Nice inside though.

[goldorak]

American embassies in France and Italy are classy. :p

Rome :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/USA_Embassy_Rome.jpg


Paris :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/US_embassy_Paris_6375.JPG

[joegrundman]

This is the Japanese embassy on picadilly opposite green park, overlooking buckingham palace. it's a great place

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7305/231piccadillystmh0.jpg



And the US embassy, although the square it joins on to is sheer old London class...well you can judge for yourself.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3183/londembe7.jpg

I love the reichstag thing on the top

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/8122/reichsoj8.jpg

it just says ...so much

[joegrundman]

French embassy in london is a nice building

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6092/frenchembassy001rl6.jpg

german embassy is ugly

but the italian embassy is just gorgeous (but it would be, wouldn't it?) Canadian embassy next door is quite nice too.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2674/dsc03026lh2.jpg

[TteFAboB]

It's a trick: some of these embassies are so ugly they dissuade asylum seekers from choosing them = less hassle for the diplomats, giving them time to concentrate on important matters like being double-agents and throwing expensive parties.

[mrbeast]

....... and throwing expensive parties.

Those Ferrero Rocher chocolates ain't cheap you know!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-nZZkQqTc

[Schroeder]

Here is a picture of the American embassy in Erding.;)

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/1024_6463613665363663.jpg

[rifleman13]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

The spread and influence of America knows no bound!!!