David Adjaye
| Sir David Adjaye OBE |
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| Born | September 1966 (age 50) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Nationality | Ghanaian British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | RIBA Bronze Medal for Part 1 Students |
| Buildings |
Skolkovo Moscow School of Management |
Skolkovo Moscow School of Management
Rivington Place
Sir David Frank Adjaye OBE RA (born September 1966) is a Ghanaian British architect. Adjaye is the lead designer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
David Adjaye was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The son of a Ghanaian diplomat, David Adjaye lived in Tanzania, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon before moving to Britain at the age of nine. He earned a BA at London South Bank University, before graduating with an MA in 1993 from the Royal College of Art.
In 1993, the same year of graduation, Adjaye won the RIBA President's Medals Students Award, a prize offered for RIBA Part 1 projects, normally won by students who have only completed a bachelor's degree. Previously a unit tutor at the Architectural Association, he was also a lecturer at the Royal College of Art. After very short terms of work with the architectural studios of David Chipperfield (London) and Eduardo Souto de Moura (Porto), Adjaye established a practice with William Russell in 1994 called Adjaye & Russell, based in North London. This office was disbanded in 2000 and Adjaye established his own eponymous studio at this point.
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