The U.S. Embassy in Bucharest has moved to its new headquarters located on a 4.5-hectare site north of Bucharest, close to the Baneasa mall and will open its gates on September 14, according to the institution. The current U.S. Embassy at 7-9 Tudor Arghezi downtown Bucharest, which has hosted the US Embassy since 1944, will close at 17:00 hours on September 7.

The new building was designed and constructed by a U.S. company, American International Contractors. Several Romanian contractors and construction firms  helped to build the new embassy and up to 500 Romanians worked on the new headquarters. There were 1,500 Romanian specialists and workers overall, bringing USD 60 million to the Romanian economy, according to the institution.

The embassy will feature paintings, photography and sculpture by Romanian and American artists. The atrium features a mural called “Drafts and Open Windows,” a project of the Art in Embassies program that is a collaboration between U.S. artist Maggie Michael and Romanian artists.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: US Embassy)