Planning & Designing AMERICAN EMBASSIES

摘要

When the Croatian people boldly declared themselves independent of Serbia and Yugoslavia in mid-1991 and established the new state of Croatia, that development impacted on the United States government beyond its recognition of the new nation nearly a year later. The creation of a new independent nation meant that the building that housed the American Consulate in Zagreb would be elevated to the role of an embassy. But the consulate building was old, structurally inadequate, and situated on a busy intersection. Plus, it was too small and too modest to serve as an embassy. A new building-an American Embassy-needed to be built.