nErD aLeRt!

philadelphia firm kieran timberlake just won the design competition for the new US embassy in london. it's going to cost a billion dollhairs, but is totally worth it, because it comes with a moat.

some other notable american firms submitted designs as well. wanna see?

richard meier

morphosis

pei cobb freed

which one do you like best? not that it even matters. and check this out:

The British architect Richard Rogers and Peter Palumbo, a British arts patron and chairman of the Pritzker Prize, submitted a “minority report” in which they told the United States State Department — which commissioned the project — that the design was “not world class and was unfit to represent the U.S. in Britain.” (via)

a-burn.