2024-12-04T03:20:20-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/94964969/new-u-s-consulate-general-by-som-officially-opens-in-guangzhou Justine Testado 2014-03-05T19:03:00-05:00 >2014-03-10T21:21:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/7770rtgubq8ysr17.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>U.S. and local Chinese officials gathered to host the ribbon-cutting of the new U.S. Consulate General today in Guangzhou, China. Perceived as a symbol of the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China, companies from both countries collaborated on the $267 million project, which broke ground in October 2009 and was completed in June 2013.</p><p><a href="http://www.som.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skidmore, Owings, &amp; Merrill</a>'s San Francisco office designed the complex while BL Harbert International, LLC, of Birmingham, AL and China Huashi Enterprises, Ltd., of Chengdu, China were the project's contractors.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ky/kyflfb9yjqbsutog.jpg"><br><br>Located on a 7.4-acre site in Guangzhou's blossoming Business Center District near the Pearl River, the seven-building complex includes a 4-story main consular building for visa services and public events, an office building for 400 employees, a residence for U.S. Marines, a warehouse with service shops, three entrance pavilions.</p><p>Building fa&ccedil;ades and landscaped areas integrate local stones from the Fujian province as well as trees and...</p>