In 2016, David Adjaye saw the opening of a major cultural project in Washington, D.C., won the commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Latvia, and received the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours. As of December 30, the British architect can add earning a knighthood to his long list of accomplishments.
The founder of Adjaye Associates and lead architect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture—one of RECORD’s Top Ten projects of 2016—will receive the Knight Bachelor Award in recognition of his work as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s 2017 New Year’s Honours List. The biannual award, which honors the achievements of “extraordinary people across the United Kingdom,” effectively makes him Sir David Adjaye.
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