Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, Central London, looks the epitome of Britishness, with its imposing Georgian and non-
Georgian buildings set around a garden square. It has been one of the city’s most fashionable addresses since the 1700s when it was built by Sir Richard Grosvenor-although in latteryears it has become better known for its hotels and embassies.
One building sticks out: the vast concrete American embassy, the London Chancery Building at No. 24
designed by the Finnish
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American architect Eero Saarinen. However, the Americans are this year
moving across the Thames to an e
qually striking new embassy in Nine Elms near Vauxhall.
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