The embassy also operates consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, New York City and in Palo Alto, California.

[1] Leading Danish Modernist architect Vilhelm Lauritzen was charged with the commission and the building was completed in 1960.

[2][3] On June 4, 2010 the 50th anniversary of the embassy was celebrated with a ceremony attended by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

[4] The embassy building is perched on a hilltop, set back from the street, and houses both the Ambassador's residence and the chancellery.

Finn Juhl, another leading Danish Modernist designer, was put in charge of interior decorations and he furnished the embassy both with furniture of his own and design and other Danish furniture classics, such as Arne Jacobsen chairs and Poul Henningsen lighting.