New York firm Weiss Manfredi has revealed plans to update Edward Durell Stone's modernist US embassy in New Delhi, India, as part of a major overhaul of the complex.
Commissioned by the US Department of State, Weiss Manfredi's masterplan is intended to transform the United States Embassy in the city's Chanakyapuri neighbourhood into a "multi-functional campus".

The project marks the first update to the 28-acre (11-hectare) compound since its completion in 1959. Designed by 20th-century American architect Stone ? was also behind New York's Museum of Modern Art ? it features a number of structures created in the modernist architecture style.
The overhaul will involve the renovation of these existing buildings, including the Chancery Building ? a structure detailed with white-latticed walls, a flat roof, slender golden pilotis, and a large courtyard at the centre.
New facilities, such as an office building and a support annex, will be added to bolster the embassy's functions. Renderings depict these as low-lying and white, and also detailed with slatted facades that complement the existing structures.
"The redesign of the Embassy Campus defines a sustainable vision for the Embassy's future that builds on the legacy of the historic campus to create a new foundation for American diplomacy in India," said Weiss Manfredi in a project statement.

Weiss Manfredi is a multidisciplinary design practice, which typically blends architecture, landscape and urba...