The brief required a new British Embassy Building that would allow for future functional flexibility – and which would clearly signal Britain’s long term political, cultural, and commercial links to Algeria. The Embassy’s environmental performance is unique locally, and has gained a BREEAM ‘Good’ rating, making it one of Algeria’s most environmentally sophisticated buildings.

The structure and materials are innovative in terms of Algerian construction practice. The reinforced concrete structure has sandstone facades, and a screen of timber sections, steam-twisted in Wales, covers the curving façade that faces the garden. Fair-faced concrete was also used, a first in Algeria, which required careful prototyping and on-site supervision by JMP project architects