Embassy of the Czech Republic, London
| Embassy of the Czech Republic in London | |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′33.8″N 0°11′36.4″W / 51.509389°N 0.193444°WCoordinates: 51°30′33.8″N 0°11′36.4″W / 51.509389°N 0.193444°W |
| Location | Holland Park, London |
| Address | 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QY |
| Ambassador | Libor Secka |
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in London is the diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic in the United Kingdom.[1] It is located at the junction of Kensington Palace Gardens and Bayswater Road in a building it shares with the Embassy of Slovakia.[2]
The Embassy of Czechoslovakia was originally located on Grosvenor Place, before moving to the location of the current Czech and Slovak embassies in 1970.[3] The construction of a new brutalist-style building at this site had begun in 1965 and was undertaken by Jan Bočan, Jan Šrámek and Karel Štěpánský from the atelier Beta Prague Project Institute; it received an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best building in the United Kingdom created by foreign architects.[4] The building was then divided between the Czech and Slovak Republics following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
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The embassy
References
- ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Architecture of the Embassy". 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Architecture of the Embassy". 8 December 2013.
