Coordinates: 51°30′33.8″N 0°11′36.4″W / 51.509389°N 0.193444°W / 51.509389; -0.193444

Embassy of the Czech Republic, London

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Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
Map
LocationNotting Hill Gate, London
Address26–30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QY
Coordinates51°30′33.8″N 0°11′36.4″W / 51.509389°N 0.193444°W / 51.509389; -0.193444
AmbassadorLibor 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.[1]

The Embassy of Czechoslovakia was originally located on Grosvenor Place, before moving to the location of the current Czech and Slovak embassies in 1970.[2] 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.[2] The building was then divided between the Czech Republic and Slovakia following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

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  • The embassy
    The embassy

References

  1. ^ a b "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Architecture of the Embassy". 8 December 2013.

External links

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