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and neoclassicism
Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct Cultural movement in the Decorative art and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture ....
 evokes I.M. Pei's design for the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
's East Building across Pennsylvania Avenue.]] The Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C. is Canada's
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 main diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission

A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state....
 to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The embassy building is located at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 between the Capitol
United States Capitol

The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States....
 and the White House
White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
 just north of the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
.

The embassy had long been based in a mansion
Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansio In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed....
 on Embassy Row
Embassy Row

Embassy Row is the informal name for a street or area of a city in which embassy or other diplomatic installations are concentrated. Perhaps the best-known of these is in Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States....
 that had been purchased in 1927. The house had been built in 1909 for Clarence Moore, a financier who was killed in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.






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and neoclassicism
Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct Cultural movement in the Decorative art and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture ....
 evokes I.M. Pei's design for the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
's East Building across Pennsylvania Avenue.]] The Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C. is Canada's
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 main diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission

A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state....
 to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The embassy building is located at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 between the Capitol
United States Capitol

The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States....
 and the White House
White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
 just north of the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
.

The embassy had long been based in a mansion
Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansio In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed....
 on Embassy Row
Embassy Row

Embassy Row is the informal name for a street or area of a city in which embassy or other diplomatic installations are concentrated. Perhaps the best-known of these is in Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States....
 that had been purchased in 1927. The house had been built in 1909 for Clarence Moore, a financier who was killed in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It was at this building that the Queen of Canada, Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
, hosted a return dinner for President
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David ?Ike? Eisenhower was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a General of the Army in the United States Army....
 at the end of her state visit
State visit

A state visit is a formal visit by one head of state to another country, at the invitation of the other country's head of state. State visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two states, and are marked by major ceremonial and diplomatic formality....
 to the United States in 1959. (The building now houses the Embassy of Uzbekistan
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C., also known as the Clarence Moore House and the Old Canadian Embassy, is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States and a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue ....
).

Over time, the Canadian delegation outgrew this building and spread to other structures scattered throughout Washington. In the 1970s the Embassy of Canada began to search for a new home. At the same time the District of Columbia government was looking to revitalize Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1978 the government of Canada purchased a vacant lot for $5 million. The site had previously been a Ford
Ford Motor Company

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 dealership and a public library
Public library

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. Canada is the first, and so far only nation, to build an embassy so close to the Capitol. The two nations share a close relationship due to their cultural similarities, geographic proximity, and the volume of trade across their borders.

Entrance of Canadian Embassy in Dc
The new building was designed by British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
 architect Arthur Erickson
Arthur Erickson

Arthur Charles Erickson, Order of Canada is an internationally celebrated Canadian architect and urban planning. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University ....
. This decision generated some controversy as Erickson was handpicked by his friend, Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet of Canada, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the Monarchy of Canada and exercised on hi...
 Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Order of the Companions of Honour, Queen's Counsel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada , was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984....
, but the building itself was much acclaimed. The new chancery was officially opened by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec was the List of Prime Ministers of Canada Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993....
 in May 1989.

The ambassador, currently former Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance (Canada)

The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada who is responsible each year for presenting the Canadian federal budget....
 Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson (politician)

Michael Holcombe Wilson, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada is a Canada diplomat, politician and business leader.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson attended Upper Canada College, University of Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he joined the Kappa Alpha Society....
, lives in an official residence
Official residence

An official residence is the House at which heads of state, heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially reside. They may or may not be the same location where they conduct their work-related functions....
 just off Embassy Row in the northwest of the city. This building was purchased in 1948 and Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Merit , Companion of the Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957....
 was the first ambassador to reside there. The embassy also owns several other residences.

There is a domed roof that is supported by columns. If a person is standing in the center of the area under the dome, any noise they make is reflected and focused back. The magnified volume is only appreciated by the person in the centre. Persons at the perimeter do not experience the same effect.

The site is decorated with the large sculpture Spirit of Haida Gwaii
Spirit of Haida Gwaii

The Spirit of Haida Gwaii is a sculpture by British Columbia Haida artist Bill Reid . It is featured on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill....
 by Bill Reid
Bill Reid

William Ronald Reid was a List of Canadians artist whose works included jewelry, sculpture and painting. He was born to a father of European descent and a mother from the Haida in Victoria, British Columbia....
.

See also

  • Canada-United States relations
    Canada-United States relations

    File:Barack Obama meets Stephen Harper.jpgRelations between Canada and the United States span more than two centuries, marked by a shared British colonization of the Americas, conflict during the early years of the United States, and the eventual development of one of the most successful international relationships in the modern world....
  • Embassy of the United States in Ottawa
    Embassy of the United States in Ottawa

    The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999.Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill....
  • List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States
    List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States

    This is a list of Canada envoys to the United States of America. Until 1943 Canada's representative had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary....


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