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Building Name BRITISH EMBASSY ALGIERS
Architect JOHN MCASLAN AND PARTNERS
Type PUBLIC BUILDING EMBASSY
Street 3 CHEMIN CAPITAINE HOCINE SLIMANE (EX CHEMIN DES GLYCINES),
County AG100
Town/City ALGIERS
Country ALGERIA
Clients URL http://ukinalgeria.fco.gov.uk/en/
Architect URL http://www.mcaslan.co.uk
Year of Completion 2009
Collection Architecture
Notes
The Algiers building, designed by John McAslan, is the boldest piece of modern architecture in Algeria since the great Oscar Niemeyer's Constantine University campus in 1969. Yet, like Sir Basil Spence's architecturally powerful Rome embassy and Michael Wilford's beautifully crafted Berlin bastion, McAslan's design would almost certainly be dumbed down by the FCO if presented in Whitehall today. (JAY MERRICK - THE INDEPENDENT)