Rice University in Houston has selected Adjaye Associates to lead the design of a new student center, replacing the existing Rice Memorial Center. The proposal by 2021 RIBA Gold Medal winner David Adjaye beat out schemes from two other undisclosed firms in a competition for the commission.

The three-story, 80,000-square-foot structure will incorporate an existing memorial to 10 Navy ROTC students who died in a 1953 plane crash, as well as the chapel and cloisters, and will add a new multicultural center and rooftop auditorium.