The picture below is looking up inside one of the embassies.
The interior spaces are stunning. I was most impressed with the muted color scheme (mostly the copper-blue and the color of natural wood) and use of materials. Notice the seating below, it is all a sort of nubuk leather.
See the detail of the copper on the curved stairway?
Each embassy building is built with materials you would find in that country. The one for either Iceland or Greenland (can't remember now which) has concrete molded into the wavy shape of corrugated metal, perhaps I should post a picture of that one! 
The copper curtain around the entire compound was designed by some students. You can see it through the window in many of the pictures.
Below is inside another building. It used more white less wood, and didn't feel quite as warm, but I loved the openness of the main space, and again, the use of natural materials.
I'm still trying to convince Mr. Nielsen into having natural wood on the outside. Doesn't it look great?
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