The ugliness of foreign embassy's

SUBMAN1 · 05-27-08, 12:18 PM

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:

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

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

Now the Brits know how to make something look good:

AVGWarhawk · 05-27-08, 12:24 PM

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

Dowly · 05-27-08, 01:45 PM

I like the Swiss one.

Syxx_Killer · 05-27-08, 01:54 PM

Gotta hand it to the Brits on this one!

I do kind of like the German one, though.

Just curious, how does the American embassies look in each respective country above?

Happy Times · 05-27-08, 02:26 PM

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

CCIP · 05-27-08, 02:29 PM

Here's some in Ottawa...

US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A...ttawahiver.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:R..._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:U..._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:G..._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:A...%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

)

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

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

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:I...%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:S...%2C_Ottawa.JPG
Same about this one!

Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S..._in_Ottawa.JPG
Positively Swiss

AVGWarhawk · 05-27-08, 02:33 PM

CCIP,

The Switzerland building looks like a ski chalet.

Kapitan_Phillips · 05-27-08, 02:47 PM

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

mrbeast · 05-27-08, 04:30 PM

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

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

Quite like the Swiss one, minimalist chic.

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

XabbaRus · 05-27-08, 05:42 PM

Moscow British Embassy is crap. Nice inside though.

goldorak · 05-27-08, 06:10 PM

American embassies in France and Italy are classy. :p

Rome :

Paris :

joegrundman · 05-27-08, 09:08 PM

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

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

I love the reichstag thing on the top

it just says ...so much

joegrundman · 05-27-08, 09:17 PM

French embassy in london is a nice building

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.

TteFAboB · 05-28-08, 10:37 AM

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 · 05-28-08, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

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

Those Ferrero Rocher chocolates ain't cheap you know!

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

05-27-08, 12:18 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The ugliness of foreign embassy's 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: The French, not so bad. Looks like a professional office building but it's still pretty ugly: Swiss embassy - can't decide if I like it or hate it. I think I hate it: Now the Brits know how to make something look good: __________________

05-27-08, 12:24 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Definitely going with the Brits. I like the old school design. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-27-08, 02:26 PM	#5
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The US embassy in here looks alot like that British one in DC. __________________

05-27-08, 02:29 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Here's some in Ottawa... US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A...ttawahiver.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:R..._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:U..._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:G..._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:A...%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 ) Czech Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...%2C_Ottawa.JPG Modest Hungary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H...%2C_Ottawa.JPG Really beautiful building there! 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:I...%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:S...%2C_Ottawa.JPG Same about this one! Switzerland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S..._in_Ottawa.JPG Positively Swiss __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-27-08, 02:33 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	CCIP, The Switzerland building looks like a ski chalet. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-27-08, 01:45 PM	#3
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I like the Swiss one.

05-27-08, 01:54 PM	#4
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Gotta hand it to the Brits on this one! I do kind of like the German one, though. Just curious, how does the American embassies look in each respective country above?

05-27-08, 02:47 PM	#8
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I think the British one stands less chance of being attacked. It looks more like a country club than an embassy __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

05-27-08, 04:30 PM	#9
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The German one will look nice when its finnished. :hmm: The French one looks like a small multi-storey car park. Quite like the Swiss one, minimalist chic. And our embassy, well what can I say; classic style comes to mind __________________

05-27-08, 05:42 PM	#10
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Moscow British Embassy is crap. Nice inside though. __________________

05-27-08, 06:10 PM	#11
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	American embassies in France and Italy are classy. :p Rome : Paris :

05-27-08, 09:08 PM	#12
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	London embassies This is the Japanese embassy on picadilly opposite green park, overlooking buckingham palace. it's a great place And the US embassy, although the square it joins on to is sheer old London class...well you can judge for yourself. I love the reichstag thing on the top it just says ...so much __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

05-27-08, 09:17 PM	#13
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	French embassy in london is a nice building 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. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

05-28-08, 10:37 AM	#14
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand