The audacity of open architecture

By Jonathan Glancey and Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey2009-01-09T00:00:00

Under the Bush presidency, the US has been erecting bunker-like embassy designs worldwide. With the inauguration of Obama, will the new US embassy in south London take a different tack?

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