Africa is an extraordinary opportunity at the moment
The houses [my first project in London] were reactions to the condition of the city and my frustrations with the norms that were being played out. In… - David Adjaye
The houses [my first project in London] were reactions to the condition of the city and my frustrations with the norms that were being played out. In…
- David Adjaye
What I resist is techniques. I find techniques very problematic. So when critics talk about my work in those terms, I find that they miss the conditi… - David Adjaye
What I resist is techniques. I find techniques very problematic. So when critics talk about my work in those terms, I find that they miss the conditi…
Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings. - David Adjaye
Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.
I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and thought I would do it through art, but I … - David Adjaye
I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and thought I would do it through art, but I …
The thing about architecture is that it's an art [you] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really not an art about thin… - David Adjaye
The thing about architecture is that it's an art [you] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really not an art about thin…
In a way, going to Africa allowed me to see possibilities that sometimes seem impossible in certain conditions. It also allowed me to see opportuniti… - David Adjaye
In a way, going to Africa allowed me to see possibilities that sometimes seem impossible in certain conditions. It also allowed me to see opportuniti…
Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a person is … - David Adjaye
Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a person is …
In some conditions, the architecture of textile is more relevant than in other conditions or the opacity of the material form. Pattern in the world o… - David Adjaye
In some conditions, the architecture of textile is more relevant than in other conditions or the opacity of the material form. Pattern in the world o…
The first 10 years, I was just building just to understand what I was doing and I didn't trust my intuition to just produce. Then, in the last five y… - David Adjaye
The first 10 years, I was just building just to understand what I was doing and I didn't trust my intuition to just produce. Then, in the last five y…
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