KCCT Member of Design Team for the New U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil

KCCT, as part of the Studio Gang team, is proud to announce the recent selection for the design of the new U.S. Embassy Compound in Brasilia, Brazil. The Studio Gang and KCCT team was selected from a very talented shortlist of six A/E teams that had advanced to the final round of presentations and interviews. KCCT has been working for the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations for nearly 30 years and is excited to be teamed with one of the nation’s leading design firms to establish a new vision for the U.S. presence in Brasilia. We will holistically transform and rebuild the 12-acre Embassy compound that was the first embassy established in the new city of Brasilia, an important UNESCO world heritage site planned and designed by Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1956. The site of the U.S. Embassy is prominently located at the beginning of the Avenue of Nations, adjacent to the city’s monumental axis and seat of the Brazilian government. 

Please see the full Media Note released by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Spokesperson for more details. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/03/254071.htm

Firm History

Washington DC based KCCT is a multi-disciplinary design firm focused on planning, architecture, and interior design in urban environments. The firm’s unique practice features a regional portfolio of prominent new development, renovations and infrastructure in Washington’s Federal Core, and an international component including fourteen new US Diplomatic facilities and worldwide projects in more than 160 cities.