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Friday March 12, 2021 4:00PM EST: Join WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Cofounder Marion Weiss for a quick Facebook Live chat with our very own Managing Director of Program Development, Coordination & Support Angel A. Dizon III discussing the impact of their work including the #USIndia New US Embassy Compound in New Delhi.
Federal Drive Podcast with Tom Temin – In the latest installment in a 20 year rebuilding project, the State Department is about to embark on a new embassy in New Delhi, India. More than a building, it will result in an entirely new approach in one of the most diplomatically crucial cities. Joining the Federal Drive with details, the State Department’s managing director for program development, Angel Dizon.
An expansive, multi-phase restoration and modernization project at the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi, India, is now officially underway after a formal groundbreaking ceremony. With a master plan developed by WEISS/MANFREDI, the much-anticipated redesign—first unveiled last February—seeks to both preserve and breathe new life into the Edward Durell Stone-designed embassy compound in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave.
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Chancery building for the US Embassy held in Delhi on January 08. US Envoy to India Kenneth Juster, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia were also present at the event.
Speaking at the event, Hardeep Singh Puri lauded Juster’s contribution to strengthening India-US relations, saying ties were “stronger, more enduring and with greater potential now” as compared to when the envoy had come to India.
U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster, India’s Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia broke ground January 8, 2021 on a new Chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
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The Department of State Breaks Ground on New U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India
Highlighting the deepening ties of friendship that undergird the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India Kenneth I. Juster, the Government of India’s Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, broke ground today for a new chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
The new design will provide a secure and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in New Delhi. WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism of New York is the architect and B.L. Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama, is the general contractor. The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) anticipates completion in the fall of 2027. As a result of this project, an estimated $200 million will be invested in the local economy and an estimated 800 Indian workers will be employed at the peak of construction activities.
The U.S. Embassy will remain on the existing 28-acre site in New Delhi’s diplomatic enclave — the Chanakyapuri neighborhood — next to the original, Edward Durrell Stone-designed chancery building listed on the Secretary’s Register of Culturally Significant Properties. The new multi-building campus will bridge the past and the present while providing a modern chancery and office annex, staff residences, and support facilities. The initial construction phase includes the new buildings and a water-efficient, weather-resilient landscape. Future plans include a renovation of the original chancery building. This project will provide a secure, functional, sustainable, and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in India.
Since the start of the Department’s Capital Security Construction Program in 1999, OBO has completed 164 new diplomatic facilities. OBO currently has more than 50 active projects either in the design phase or under construction worldwide.
OBO provides safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities that represent the U.S. government to the host nation and that support U.S. diplomats in advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives abroad.
For further information, please contact Christine Foushee at FousheeCT@state.gov or visit www.state.gov/obo.
Original Source: https://www.state.gov/the-department-of-state-breaks-ground-on-new-u-s-embassy-in-new-delhi-india/
Michael Manfredi, Marion Weiss, and Patrick Armacost of Weiss/Manfredi Architects, New York, offer virtual words of congratulations for the ground breaking ceremony on January 8, 2021.
In a demonstration of the deep ties of friendship that underpin the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster, India’s Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia broke ground today on a new Chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
In remarks delivered at the groundbreaking event, Ambassador Juster stated: “The project we celebrate today is more than a series of buildings and infrastructure. It reflects America’s enduring commitment to the U.S.-India partnership and is a testament to the strength and longevity of that partnership.”
The new Chancery building will stand adjacent to the iconic original Chancery and the Ambassador’s Residence at Roosevelt House on the Embassy campus in New Delhi’s diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri.
Today also marks the 62nd anniversary of the groundbreaking of the original Chancery in 1959. Designed by world-renowned architect Edward Durell Stone, the original Chancery was celebrated for its fusion of modern American architecture with elements of traditional Indian design. Frank Lloyd Wright called the Chancery “one of the finest buildings of the past 100 years.” The original Chancery and Roosevelt House are now listed on the Secretary of State’s Register of Historically Significant Properties.
With a connecting central green space and a series of cast stone screens, canopies, and garden walls, the new Chancery will reflect historic and modern traditions in New Delhi, while introducing a resilient design that brings the campus into the 21st century, thanks to the work of the U.S. architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi.
Environmental sustainability is central to the design and construction process. The new Chancery will meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards at the silver level. During the construction process, designers will also upgrade the entire Embassy Compound with a range of ecologically resilient strategies to create an integrated, sustainable campus. These improvements include photovoltaic arrays and solar hot-water heaters, a wastewater treatment plant to support irrigation, sustainable building and site designs, and a water-efficient fountain redesign with underground stormwater collection.
When the new Chancery is completed, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi will join a long list of over 50 LEED-certified U.S. diplomatic posts, reaffirming the U.S. commitment to construct green buildings for a more sustainable future.
For more information about the new embassy compound and its design concepts, as well as the architectural history of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, please visit https://newusembassynewdelhi.state.gov/media/.
By U.S. Mission India | 8 January, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases
Original Source: https://in.usembassy.gov/united-states-embassy-breaks-ground-for-new-chancery/
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