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KieranTimberlake’s design for American embassy in London skewered

Martin Filler’s piece at the NY Review of Books excoriates the Philadelphia architecture firm‘s new design for the American embassy in London.  A large part of the design constraints apparently came from the US government, which wanted a building in a less populated part of London; a building with less shatterproof glass (the glass exterior is coated with polymer);  and landscaping with water and lots of hillocks and berms — all of which are to protect against expected terrorist bomb attempts.

Speaking of Changing Skyline

When Googling around to find out info about demolition of buildings for the Convention Center expansion I came across Inga Saffron‘s blog Skyline Online which is an extention of her columns for the Philly Inquirer. I read every post on the blog’s front page and am completely smitten — and embarrassed I’ve not discovered this blog before now. This is a passionate blogger who’s also a journalist and her stream of posts on public art, architecture and planning is terrific.