Situated on a 14-acre plot, the cathedral will be surrounded by landscaped gardens that will eventually extend into the city and link celebrated civic spaces, such as Independence Square, Osu Cemetery, the State House, and Africa Unite Circle, to the cathedral.

“It is an immense honor to be granted the opportunity to contribute something of this scale and import to my home country,” said Adjaye. The project is slated to be among the firm’s largest projects in terms of square footage based on its current scope and program, which are still being finalized.

To date, Adjaye’s largest completed building is the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened to huge public excitement in Washington, D.C. in 2016. The newest Smithsonian Institution museum, that project recently won top honors at the Design Museum in London’s Beazley Designs of the Year as the overall winner and best work of architecture. Adjaye himself was recently received the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, one of the U.S.’s most prestigious awards given annually by the University of Virginia.