Adjaye Associates

After a Prolonged Closure, the Studio Museum in Harlem Moves Into Its New Home

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:13:20 -0500

The institution’s new purpose-built digs on 125th Street, designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, has double the exhibition space than its predecessor.

The Matter of Mr. Adjaye: The Architect Talks to RECORD

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

With three major museum projects opening almost simultaneously, RECORD editor in chief Josephine Minutillo speaks with David Adjaye about this exceptional creative and professional moment.

Adjaye Associates’ Princeton University Art Museum is an Unexpected and Praiseworthy Homage to the Past

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:46:53 -0400

The anticipated new facility on the Princeton campus is the first of three new museums designed by shunned architect David Adjaye to open this fall.

Adjaye Associates Announces Major Executive Leadership Shift

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:41:54 -0400

Pascale Sablan, Lucy Tilley, and Kofi Bio have been named as CEOs of the firm’s New York, London, and Accra studios, respectively, while David Adjaye will assume the role of executive chair.

Sans Spectacle: The Studio Museum in Harlem Confronts Its New Future

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Forum: The Studio Museum will soon debut its new David Adjaye-designed home, but the institution was never about one individual—or one building.

Adjaye Associates Completes Mass-Timber Retail Space in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 8

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:13:18 -0400

The temporary 23,000-square-foot pavilion at the proposed Sycamore & Oak development site is the first commercial structure of its kind in D.C.

Like a Prayer: On David Adjaye’s Abrahamic Family House

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400

A religious complex designed by Adjaye Associates aims to link the three Abrahamic faiths.

Newsmaker: David Adjaye Discusses Designing in the Middle East

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400

With the opening of the Abrahamic Family House on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island earlier this year, David Adjaye joined the ever-growing list of international star architects with work in the United Arab Emirates.

Snapshot: Adjaye Associates & Artist Daniel Boyd Fashion a Community Space Informed by Past and Present

Fri, 19 May 2023 07:00:00 -0400

Inspired by interactions from the country's colonial past, the indigenous Australian artist and the award-winning firm collaboratively design a shaded plaza and community center.

Adjaye Associates Tapped for Major Cultural Projects in New Delhi and Vermont

Wed, 17 May 2023 15:56:15 -0400

Design commissions for the Shelburne Museum and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art are announced and make their Venice Architecture Biennale debuts, respectively.

Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the Continent

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:01:33 -0500

Reread David Adjaye’s thoughtful review of the compendium, originally published in Architectural Record in October 2015.

Winter Park Library and Events Center by Adjaye Associates

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Adjaye Associates designs a community complex in Winter Park, Florida anchored by a library.

Library Complex by David Adjaye Opens in Winter Park, Florida

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:44:00 -0500

The center continues the architect’s interest in libraries as vital community centers.

Adjaye Associates Unveils Plans for Edo Museum of West African Art

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The museum, planned for a site in Benin City, Nigeria, will be devoted to the restitution of artifacts looted by 19th-century colonialists.

David Adjaye Tapped to Design New Student Center at Rice University

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:12:00 -0500

The proposed three-story structure for the Houston institution is expected to be completed in 2023.

David Adjaye Wins 2021 RIBA Gold Medal

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:00 -0400

The Royal Institute of British Architects will award its highest honor to the Ghanaian-British architect, who was knighted in 2017.

David Adjaye Unveils Design for Princeton University Art Museum

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:00:00 -0400

The new building will double the square footage of the existing facility.

David Adjaye Completes Ruby City, San Antonio's Bold New Art Center

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:00:00 -0400

Rendered in sparkling red concrete, the gallery represents Adjaye's first project in Texas.

David Adjaye’s ‘Making Memory’ at the Design Museum Explores Monuments and Memorials

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:30:00 -0500

The architect’s second major exhibition at the London museum questions the use of architectural objects to shape or articulate collective memory.

Designs Unveiled for New National Cathedral of Ghana by Adjaye Associates

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0500

The multi-faith religious institution will also play a significant role in the capital city’s cultural and public life.

David Adjaye-designed SPYSCAPE Opens in New York

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0500

If you’ve ever dreamed of being James Bond for a day, SPYSCAPE is your chance.

Rethinking the City Through Blackness at Design Miami 2017

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 09:00:00 -0500

Sir David Adjaye, Amanda Williams, and Germane Barnes discussed how thinking about race informs their work during a panel discussion moderated by Milton S.F. Curry.

Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad Architects to Design UK’s New Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:00:00 -0400

Located in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament, the monument will invite visitors to contemplate, reflect, and learn.

The Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Adjaye Associates’ Design for New Building

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:00:00 -0400

The 82,000-square-foot project will be located on the site of the museum’s existing building.

National Museum of African American History and Culture by Freelon Adjaye Bond/Smith GroupJJR

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 08:00:00 -0400

A museum dedicated to the African-American story fills the last spot on the National Mall.

Sugar Hill Renaissance

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400

Where a garage once stood, the Sugar Hill Development rises like a charcoal escarpment interrupting the steep descent of busy 155th Street from the rocky spine of New York's upper Manhattan.

Proenza Schouler by Adjaye Associates

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Adjaye Associates brings Proenza Schouler's brand of tough luxe to the fashion house's first store in New York.

William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library by Adjaye Associates

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Adjaye Associates tucks another library into a sloping site in D.C.'s Bellevue neighborhood.

Francis Gregory Library by Adjaye Associates

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0400

A library by David Adjaye fits into a D.C. park with serenity and dynamism.

Moscow School of Management by Adjaye Associates

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

In Russia, a business school flouts the traditional buildings-around-a-green campus organization in favor of a more winter-friendly megastructure.