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Secret Embassy Renderings Leak to Press06-18-07 | News

Secret Embassy Renderings Leak to Press




A swimming pool and recreation area planned for the U.S. embassy in Baghdad are ringed by turf and what appear to be P. dactylifera (native Iraqi date palms) combined with Mexican Washingtonia palms.

Secret renderings of the new U.S. embassy in Baghdad have appeared on the Internet following their inadvertent release by a Kansas City, Mo. design firm. The drawings (which include landscaping details) are provoking ample discussion in newspapers and on web sites.

In the wake of the misstep, the U.S. State Dept. ordered the Berger Devine Yeager firm to remove the renderings from its web site. The company went further, taking the whole site offline (as of June 15).

A version of the web site cached by Google, however, confirms that the firm is doing site design for the embassy.

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Los Angeles Times architecture writer Christopher Hawthorne reviewed the huge project on June 15 and found the computer renderings pregnant with meaning.

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Sources: Associated Press, chinadaily.com, L.A. Times

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