Project Description
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has occupied a building that, when built, was “the second largest U.S. embassy in the world.” In February 2018, the State Department broke ground on a new $943.1 million complex by New York firms Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners (TWBTA) and Davis Brody Bond—the first project commissioned under State’s Design Excellence Program. “The design and materials will speak to the materials and architectural traditions of Mexico in ways that recognize a sense of this place and the long and interlocking histories of the American and Mexican peoples,” TWBTA notes.
FROM TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN ARCHITECTS:
In a joint venture with Davis Brody Bond, we were chosen as architects for the new US Embassy Complex in Mexico City. This is among the first embassies initiated under the Excellence in Diplomatic Facilities program by the US State Department and will be among the largest US embassies ever constructed.
The design for the new campus adheres to the highest security requirements while reflecting values of generosity and democracy. The design and materials will speak to the materials and architectural traditions of Mexico in ways that recognize a sense of this place and the long and interlocking histories of the American and Mexican peoples.