It’s officially called the SIS Building (Secret Intelligence Service), but everyone refers to it as the MI6 building. (Not to be confused with the MI5 building across the water on Millbank, which must surely be linked via a secret underwater tunnel. Surely.) As though to reflect the serious, clandestine nature of its inhabitants, the good ship SIS is a lot more restrained in its postmodern playfulness. No primary colour splashes or Lego-like arches here. This building is all about power and impregnability. A fortress of spies. And it has found itself under siege. In 2000, the edifice was slightly scratched by a dissident IRA rocket attack. Fictional baddies had more success in the film Skyfall, in which the upper floors of the building met a fiery end. In both cases, the grudge was with the intelligence services rather than any intended slight to postmodern architecture.
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10. The SIS Building, Vauxhall
10.ザ シス ビル、ヴィクソール
The MI6 building at Vauxhall, also known as the SIS building.
ヴィクソールのMI6のビルは、シスビルディングとして知られている。
ヴォクソールにあるMI6のビル、通称SISビル。
White and green stepped block.
白と緑がステップしたブロックだ。 白と緑の階段状のブロック。 It’s officially called the SIS Building (Secret Intelligence Service), but everyone refers to it as the MI6 building.
