LocationLondonYear2017How can we build an embassy that reflects the core values of democracy-transparency, openness, and equality-and is welcoming, secure, and highly sustainable?Since 1785, when John Adams became the first ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Grosvenor Square has been home to the US embassy in London. The existing embassy building was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1960. Half a century later, it had become over-crowded and unable to meet modern-day security and workplace needs.kierantimberlake.com