A number of our embassies and high commissions overseas have been rebuilt and restored as fine examples of UK expertise in architecture, design and innovation.
A key task of FCO missions overseas is to promote a modern image abroad about the UK. This is clearly demonstrated by many of the new Foreign Office buildings which are fine examples of UK architecture, design and innovation.
Find out more about our embassies in Berlin, Moscow, Rome, Sao Paulo and Dar es Salaam.
British Embassy, Berlin
The exciting design by Michael Wilford respects the urban values of Berlin’s past while taking a bold leap into the future.
British High Commission, Dar es Salaam
Aiming for an impressive but friendly building that would be enjoyable to work in, the architects also had to accommodate the extra flexibility and security required in a shared working space.
British Embassy, Moscow
A modern and efficient office accommodation and facilities that carry out its diplomatic, commercial, cultural and visa-issuing activities on behalf of Britain, and project to the Russian people an up-to-date image of Britain today.
British Embassy, Rome
Sir Basil Spence's design takes the form of a hollow square building, raised on pillars so that it is open to the first floor apart from the entrance block.
British Consulate-General, Sao Paulo
The British Consulate-General occupies the second floor of the British Centre, a splendid four-storey building which also houses four organisations that have British in their titles, plus the head office of the Cultura Inglesa.