Construction of all of the replacement buildings on Pariser Platz was begun in the mid-1990s , and by the late 1990s , this construction was complete , with one exception : the proposed building for the American Embassy . The United States was the last large Allied nation to have its plans for an embassy building in Berlin carried out . France moved into its new Embassy in 2000 , and the United Kingdom in 2002 . Both of these are in the area of the Pariser Platz . The design for the new Embassy , by American architectural firm Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners , was finalized in 1996 . Since that time , and until construction started in 2004 , parts of the building design were changed many times , largely due to security considerations and the sometimes conflicting wishes of the Berlin government to retain free public access around all buildings on the Pariser Platz site . Delays in funding by the U.S. Congress further delayed construction , and the project languished for a time . Nevertheless , waivers to U.S. government security standards were in place virtually from the beginning . After the 1998 United States embassy bombings and the subsequent focus on embassy security , the waiver of security standards was rescinded by the Diplomatic Security Service , the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. State Department . High-level talks between the U.S. and German governments over security issues at the Pariser Platz site took place for almost five years before an agreement was reached and a new security waiver was issued , this time by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell . The security waiver stood after the September 11 , 2001 attacks
1998 United States embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
Embassy of the United States, Berlin