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I've uploaded similar photos of the solar shading to the facade of the Kieran Timberlake designed American Embassy before but it looked particularly striking lit by some very oblique sunlight.

Maybe they were busy in the run up to Christmas, but this time I wasn't questioned at length by machine gun carrying police as to why I was taking long lens shots of the building...... a bit disappointing really.

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From Wikipedia : "On 23 February 2010, the U.S. government announced that a team led by the firm of Kieran Timberlake had won the competition to design the new embassy building and surrounding green spaces. The winning design resembles a crystalline cube, with a semi-circular pond on one side (called a "moat" by The Times) and surrounded by extensive public green spaces and the Embassy Gardens housing development.

Ground was broken on 13 November 2013, and the building opened to the public on 13 December 2017. US President Donald Trump had been expected to visit in February 2018 to undertake the official opening of the new embassy, but in January 2018 announced he would not make the trip. Trump publicly criticized the cost of the new embassy and its location, as well as the apparent price received for the sale of the lease of the building in Grosvenor Square, blaming the administration of his predecessor, Barack Obama, for making what he referred to as a "bad deal". However, the decision to move the embassy was made before the Obama administration.

On 7 June 2020, thousands of protesters marched on the embassy as part of a worldwide anti-racism demonstration following the Killing of George Floyd."

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Another photo of this striking building. Also see Simple Abstract 218 (flic.kr/p/2pBaBWF).

The information for my comments below was sourced from Wikipedia.

The Toast Rack, (the Hollings Building), is a Modernist structure in Manchester, England.

Completed in 1960 as the Domestic Trades College, it became part of Manchester Polytechnic, then Manchester Metropolitan University, until closure of the campus in 2013.

Designed by the city architect, Leonard Cecil Howitt, it is known as the Toast Rack due to its distinctive form, which reflects its use as a catering college.

The architecture critic Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as "a perfect piece of pop architecture".

It was Grade II listed in April 1998 by English Heritage who describe the structure as, "a distinctive and memorable building which demonstrates this architect's love of structural gymnastics in a dramatic way".

A semi-circular restaurant block is attached to the west and is informally known as the "Poached Egg".

Manchester Metropolitan University left their Hollings campus in 2013 as they consolidated their facilities towards the city centre.

The building is awaiting redevelopment.

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