The new Embassy of Australia aims to serve as both an integral civic space and an enduring symbol of the country. The embassy’s design respects Capitol Hill’s architectural style while acknowledging the site’s transition between residential buildings and commercial structures, according to the project team.
Consciously constructed to minimize impact on municipal resources and maximize integration of sustainable systems, this multicomplex project used various green design elements to elevate embassy’s 11-acre campus to LEED Certified Platinum—the first West Africa project to achieve this certification.
When Edwin R. Nolan, the U.S. ambassador to Suriname, held the embassy’s annual July 4 celebration this year in Paramaribo, it didn’t take place at the ambassador’s residence—where it has been held before—but at the new embassy complex, completed less than a year earlier.