philippines

Project: BRITISH EMBASSY Manila
Architect: Denton Corker Marshal
Supplied: d line & dpl Hardware.
Time: Completed May 2008

The new BRITISH EMBASSY Manila, designed by international architects Denton Corker Marshal is located along the fast growing new business and leisure district of Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City. A few kilometres from Makati CBD.

The purpose-built centrally-located building will provide new office and visa facilities. The new British Embassy is a low rise building in a garden setting designed to project an image of modern Britain. It will combine innovative architecture and environmentally sensitive design, with the modern-day needs of security. It is a composition of four elements: two juxtaposed burnished metal blocks - one canted against the other, a stone block, and a plane of greenery forming the entry canopy. The contrast between these simple, abstract forms and the rich generosity of enveloping landscape will give the building a welcoming but powerful presence.