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U.S. Consulate General Nuevo Laredo

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Certification level: Gold

Project info

Size72,802 sq ft

The new U.S. Consulate General is situated on a 5.6-acre site in the Madero neighborhood of eastern Nuevo Laredo. The multi-building campus includes a chancery office building, a Marine Security Guard residence, a support annex and utility building, and facilities for the Consulate community. 

The building meets all Department of State standards for security and provides modern office space for the consulate staff. The building massing is inspired by regional architecture of the Rio Grande valley that use verandas and other covered volumes to create indoor/outdoor spaces. This flow of indoor/outdoor spaces is used visually, as in the case of the grand stair and gallery, and physically, as in the consular access and waiting areas. The outdoor landscape takes advantage of the local flora and fauna.

The campus is designed to harvest and store rainwater needed for nearly all irrigation use, greatly reducing the demand on local potable water supply systems. Low flow plumbing fixtures (water closets, urinals, faucets, showerheads) will be used, allowing the buildings to consume a nearly 30-40% less water than a typical building built to US building codes. The building is designed with energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems, with energy savings of 20-30% below a typical building built to U.S. building codes.

The Design Build Embassy project was executed by B.L. Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama with their design partner Page, of Washington D.C. as the Architect, the Design intent documents were provided by Davis Brody Bond.

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