Last summer, just weeks after the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, revealed that Adjaye Associates had been tapped to design its new Perry Center for Native American Art, the museum swiftly severed ties with the firm following the release of a July 4, 2023, report published by the Financial Times detailing serious allegations of sexual misconduct against its founder, Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye. At the time, the museum’s director and CEO Thomas Denenberg made clear that despite the Adjaye disengagement, the institution remained “committed to moving forward with the project and the many other partners and collaborators who have been involved since its conceptualization.”

East entry view of Perry Center for Native American Art at Shelburne Museum. Image by Annum Architects