Project Description

Designed in the early 1950s by American architect Edward Durell Stone, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi originally included two historic modernist buildings of note: the Chancery and the Roosevelt House, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador. Both buildings are on the Secretary of State’s Register of Culturally Significant Properties.

Having determined a need to grow the United States’ diplomatic mission in India beyond current space allocations, the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) initiated a comprehensive re-envisioning and master-planning of the existing 28 acre U.S. Embassy compound, to be constructed in two phases over 7–8 years.

The effort involved site design and subsequent full-service architectural design of over ten new buildings, including a 220,000-square-foot New Chancery Office Building (NOB), a 110,000-square-foot Office and Support Annex (SPX), a Marine Residence (MSGR), a Staff Apartments (SDA) building, four Compound Access Control (CAC) buildings, a recreational building, a utility building, and a few small buildings and structures to support the Chief of Mission Residence (CMR).

Selected Recognition

Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper, Architectural Record, Architect Magazine, and New York Magazine.

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Role

Technical Coordinator