The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) is a private organization dedicated to placing American art in US embassies throughout the world. In 2005 FAPE selected Michael Singer to provide an entry garden sculpture for the American Embassy in Athens. A new building addition design by Kalman, McKinnell and Wood Architects is adjacent to the existing Embassy Building designed by Walter Gropius. The entry garden, located between the buildings, is viewed from the new building, its terrace, and from above on the entry bridge. The sculpture is a 70' long marble and pre-cast concrete platform-like structure emerging from below grade at one end and rising three feet from the ground level at the other end. This sloping platform is planted, has water slowly coursing over its surfaces, and provides seating. The sculpture is placed in a grid of olive trees and lavender hedges.

Artists/Designer: Michael Singer
Engineering: Calen Colby, Daniel J. O'Wril, H. Todd Lackey, and Mercer Bonney at Oest Associates Inc.
FAPE Project Manger: Jennifer Duncan
Design and Drafting:
John Guminak and Jason Bregman
Fabrication and Installation:
Al Chapman, Bob Hanum, Daniel J. O'Wril, Paul Eliot, and Sean Springer
Foundation Fabrication: Thomas A. Weber OBO Athens Project Director and J.A. Jones International
Landscape Architect: Carol Johnson and Associates
Building Architect: Kalman, McKinnell and Wood Architects

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