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Kaloki Nyamai Studio / Adjaye Associates

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

"The landscape in Karen carries a quiet density, and the studio is conceived as something that settles lightly into that condition. The ambition was to create a space that holds both introspection and production, where material, light and structure move with a certain restraint. The building draws from archetypal African forms as a way of thinking about permanence, climate and memory. It is a place where making unfolds slowly, in dialogue with its environment." David Adjaye

Dot Ateliers / Adjaye Associates

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

"Artists bring so much value to the world and don't ask for much in return except for support in the form of spaces and materials to create and freedom to experiment with their creativity and maybe recognition to crown it all. …Hopefully a little assistance from us all can help grow their talents, add value to themselves and their works, thus allowing them to continue adding value to the world." Amoako Boafo, Artist and Founder of dot.ateliers

130 William High-Rise Residential Tower / Adjaye Associates

Valeria Silva — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

''Adjaye Associates' vision, along with Lightstone's expertise and ingenuity, has achieved a new benchmark for residential living...These homes provide a calm sanctuary for those with discerning taste and the response from our new residents has been overwhelmingly positive." Scott Avram, Senior Vice President of Development, Lightstone.

George Street Plaza & Community Building / Adjaye Associates

Andreas Luco — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

"My hope is that this new community building and George Street public plaza will become a cherished destination in Sydney's city center, a generative place for people to connect, recharge, reflect, and take a pause from the rhythm of a fast-transforming city." David Adjaye

The Webster / Adjaye Associates

Andreas Luco — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The Webster's latest flagship store in Los Angeles is a new 11,000 square feet ground-up retail development adjacent to the historic Los Angeles Beverly Center. Juxtaposed beneath the monolithic eight story structure, The Webster elegantly asserts itself as a sculptural and experiential counterpoint to the Beverly Center's retail experience. The cantilevered concrete facade references and reimagines the brutalist shell of the original existing building and is injected with a pink dye—an ode to the luminosity of California, where the Pacific light naturally amplifies saturated colors.

Basketball Court - Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park / Adjaye Associates

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park is a landmark 22-acre transformation along the Detroit Riverfront, redefining the city's connection to its waterfront. Once a derelict industrial site, the area has been reimagined as a vibrant public park that serves as a new civic interface between Detroit and the river.

Princeton University Art Museum / Adjaye Associates

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The Princeton University Art Museum has a bold new home at the heart of campus, designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson serving as Executive Architect. Conceived as a "campus within the campus," the new museum doubles the size of its predecessor while remaining rooted in its historic site, reinforcing its central role in university life and its place as a cultural hub for the wider community.

Abrahamic Family House / Adjaye Associates

Paula Pintos — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The Abrahamic Family House is a collection of three religious spaces: a mosque, a church, and a synagogue—all of which will sit upon a fourth secular space consisting of a Forum and raised garden. The house will serve as a community for interfaith dialogue and exchange, nurturing the values of peaceful co-existence and acceptance among different beliefs, nationalities, and cultures. Within each of the houses of worship, visitors can observe religious services, listen to holy scripture, and experience sacred rituals.

Winter Park Library & Events Center / Adjaye Associates

Paula Pintos — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Sited on the Northwest corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, this new civic and cultural hub embodies the values of the park’s namesake and is envisioned as a space for community empowerment and edification. As part of an extensive revitalization of the park, the new hub is in harmony with the unique tropical ecology of the site and is conceived as a micro-village of three pavilions, each of different scale and function but which share a common formal language.

Ruby City Contemporary Art Center / Adjaye Associates

Valeria Silva — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Ruby City is a 14,000-square-foot contemporary art center, with 10,000- square feet of exhibition space, in San Antonio, TX, dedicated to providing 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.

Mole House / Adjaye Associates

Paula Pintos — Sun, 02 May 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Mole House is a three-storey live-work space in the heart of Hackney, designed as a single-family dwelling for contemporary artist Sue Webster. The project came together as an exercise in excavation and retention, with Webster’s vision for the new home being strongly tied to the history and fabric of the original building. The detached Victorian house was left vacant and derelict after a 40-year long tenancy, held by a resident locally referred to as the Hackney Mole Man.

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Public Member Spaces / Adjaye Associates

Paula Pintos — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The Public Member Spaces for the new headquarters of the 1199SEIU— the largest health care union in the United States— is a project that aims to embody the principles, ethos, and achievements of its tenant. With a galvanizing history since its founding in 1932, the project holds the spirit of the union which works to organize and efficiently consolidate all operations under one roof. As a space of social justice, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself referred to the union as “the authentic conscience of the labor movement”, the design concept is born out of the engaged and politically active community of 1199SEIU.

Masekela Memorial Pavilion / Adjaye Associates

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The pavilion design is a befitting expression of the values, ethos, and practice of Pan-African heritage and culture, tenets Bra Hugh advocated for throughout his life. The design is inspired by African burial ritual and practices wherein, dignified structures are created to host family and visitors who periodically gathering to reflect and commune with the departed.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture / Adjaye Associates + Freelon Adjaye Bond / SmithGroup

Florencia Mena — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Winning the competition to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture has consolidated the practice’s US portfolio with arguably the nation’s most prestigious new building. Located on Constitution Avenue, adjacent to the National Museum of American History and the Washington Monument, the museum will house exhibit galleries, administrative spaces, theatre space and collections storage space for the NMAAHC. As lead designer for the Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup (FAB) team, David Adjaye’s approach has been to establish both a meaningful relationship to this unique site as well as a strong conceptual resonance with America’s deep and longstanding African heritage. The design rests on three cornerstones: the “corona” shape and form of the building; the extension of the building out into the landscape – the porch; and the bronze filigree envelope.

Adjaye Associates Designs Mixed-Use Building Near London's Trafalgar Square

Rory Stott — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0000

Adjaye Associates, alongside development manager Alchemi Group, have submitted a planning application for 5 Strand, a mixed-use scheme adjacent to London's iconic Trafalgar Square. Inspired and informed by the surrounding historic buildings, the new 5 Strand will include 62,000 square feet (5,760 square meters) of office space, 26 apartments, and two ground-level retail units.

Sugar Hill Development / Adjaye Associates

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:00:00 +0000

Sugar Hill is a new mixed-use development in Manhattan’s historic Sugar Hill district of Harlem that will feature affordable housing, early education programs and a new cultural institution. Initiated by non-profit developer of supportive housing, Broadway Housing Communities (BHC), and generated by a tight budget as well as the exacting parameters of the site, the concept challenges the traditional typology.

David Adjaye Unveils Design for Cancer Centre in Rwanda

AD Editorial Team — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:00:00 +0000

Adjaye Associates have unveiled their design for the Eugene Gasana Jr. Foundation Paediatric Cancer Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Located on a four-hectare site, the centre will include a 100-bed hospital, lodging for outpatients and residential housing for hospital staff. The design is inspired by the region’s vernacular architecture, and by the local Imigongo art form, which often includes black, white and red geometric patterns.

Silverlight / Adjaye Associates

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 15 May 2015 03:00:00 +0000

The concept for this new-build home, located on a narrow strip of land between a busy road and the Grand Union canal in West London, developed as a careful response to the urban context. The main volume continues the parapet line of the Victorian pub to the east—a listed building—and the horizontal lines of the cladding system relate to the window heights of the older building at the edge of the site. Due to a high level of traffic noise, the north façade has very few openings, but avoids being dark and gloomy thanks to the aluminium cladding.