David adjaye

The Government of Jamaica, acting through the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, launched an international design competition to design a new parliament building.   Since securing its independence in 1963, the country’s Parliament has been temporarily held at Gordon House in Jamaica's capital city Kingston.  The Government of Jamaica envisions a new building that will signify its democracy. All teams were comprised of a registered Jamaican architect, Jamaican’s abroad, and local as well as those of the Jamaican diaspora representing a minimum 50 percent of each team.   Jamaican born Gordon Gill of ASGG served as the competition patron in promoting the design process's transparency. The Urban Develop... More

Ruby City is a 14,000 square foot contemporary art centre, with 10,000 square feet of exhibition space in San Antonio, TX. The centre provides a space for the city’s thriving creative community to experience works by both local and internationally acclaimed artists. Envisioned in 2007 by the late collector, philanthropist, and artist Linda Pace, Ruby City presents works from Pace’s own collection of more than 800 paintings, sculptures, installations and video works. The building, designed by David Adjaye, is part of a growing campus, which also includes Chris Park, a one- acre public green space named in memory of Pace’s son, and Studio, an auxiliary exhibition space presenting curated shows and programming throughout the... More

Ishigami’s design takes inspiration from roofs, the most common architectural feature used around the world. The design of the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a single canopy roof that appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding park. Within, the interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation. For Ishigami, the Pavilion articulates his ‘free space’ philosophy in which he seeks harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.Describing his design, Ishigami said: ‘My design for the Pavilion plays with our perspectives of the built environment against the backdrop of a natural landscape, emphasising a natural and organic feel as though it ha... More

The Royal College of Art (RCA), the internationally renowned art and design university,today launched GenerationRCA, an ambitious five-year campaign programme representing the most significant development in its history since the College was founded in 1837.GenerationRCA will propel the RCA’s radical new academic vision by focusing on three key pillars: ‘Places, Projects and People.’GenerationRCA: Places This programme will see the RCA transform its campuses and the ways in which the university teaches, researches and creates. On a site immediately opposite its existing Battersea campus, the RCA will open a new state-of-the-art building, designed by internationally acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron. A land... More

01-March-2017 Bornstein Lyckefors Architects has transformed a modest school building in the deep forests of Värmland, Sweden, into a public museum celebrating the slash-burn agriculture Finns who settled in the very same forests in the early 1600s. By acknowledging the qualities of the original building, resources could be used to address communicative challenges stressed by the client. An outer facade was erected, signalling the new purpose of the building. Conceived as a wooden palisade this new layer defines an envelope within which the museum can continue to expand, converting class rooms into new exhibition spaces as additional funds are raised. In 2013, Värmland's Museum decided to invest in new premises for its branch Torsby... More

Adjaye Associates won an open competition to design two new neighborhood libraries for the District of Columbia. The brief called for the new buildings to be flexible, accessible, welcoming and inviting. Resonating with the Adjaye Associates designed Idea Stores in London’s Tower Hamlets, the libraries challenge the traditional closed typology, introducing a social element that establishes a strong urban and cultural remit. The sketch-like quality of the Francis A. Gregory Library suggests a woodland folly – a building that is a pavilion within Fort Davis Park. Views of the park are framed from within, while the exterior of the building both reflects and complements the dense composition of trees and the striking natural enviro... More

Pictographs - Statements of contemporary architects For the installation I asked 41 contemporary architects to select images that refer to something important for their work or for them as practitioners. Architects whom I consider to be the most unique working today. Each architect creates a personal musée imaginaire by selecting one to ten images of different meanings and contents, depending on their own universe. Some collect images of memories, inspirations and atmospheres. Others talk by collecting images of analysis, explanations or manifestos. And yet others explain principles of their own architecture or simply show the things they like, consciously or unconsciously. It is about the visual world stored in the head of architects... More

The landscape design for the National Museum of African American History and Culture situates the NMAAHC within the context of the Washington Monument Grounds as an object in a field, drawing the open, pastoral nature of the Washington Monument grounds through the Museum site. The design establishes the site as integral to the story of the museum with spaces that embody both a metaphorical and physical narrative. The experience of the site begins the narrative procession of the museum, with symbolic crossings over water through a landscape that is both continuous and sequential, layered around and through architectural spaces with the presence of water as a constant and dynamic companion throughout the journey. More

Architecture in Times of Need is the first book to document the projects and progress made by the Make It Right Foundation, established by actor Brad Pitt during the redevelopment of New Orleans' vibrant Lower Ninth Ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Instigated by MIR and its founders Brad Pitt, GRAFT, Bill McDonough and Cherokee, a group of high-profile and influential international architects including David Adjaye, GRAFT, Gehry, MVRDV, Morphosis and Shigeru Ban were engaged to develop affordable house typologies for low income residents incorporating the latest in sustainable construction and design. This book documents the process with numerous photos, plans, and renderings as well as written commentary from t... More