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HOUSE of the Month
2024
Overview
\"HISTORICALLYspeaking, an embassy was the house of the ambassador,\" says Thomas Padmanabhan, half of Zurich-based practice Liitjens Padmanabhan-\"a place where they would receive guests, where there would be no separation between private and public, in the modern sense.\" The firm's new home for the Swiss ambassador in Algiers may be a colorful Memphis-inflected garden pavilion skirted in canopies-more Ibiza party pad than government building-but it is still informed by this historical understanding of the ambiguous relationship between private and public in embassy architecture, despite the bureaucratic functions the diplomatic profession assumed in the 20th century. With a floor area of 7,555 square feet, this single-story house in the embassy district of Algeria's capital is less than half the size of the earthquake-damaged 1920s residence it replaces, fulfilling its domestic and official program in as condensed a fashion as possible.
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BNP Media
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