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New photos from 8 Apr 2013 House in Islington, north east London, UK pictures © Vincenzo Barilari New photos from 12 Nov 2012: White Cube Gallery, Hoxton Square, east London, UK pictures © Adrian Welch Adjaye/Associates - Hoxton Square 11 + 1 Aug 2012 David Adjaye - Pavilion David Adjaye - Tate Liverpool Design DOUG AITKEN AND DAVID ADJAYE COLLABORATE TO DESIGN A PAVILION FOR TATE LIVERPOOL American artist Doug Aitken and British architect David Adjaye have collaborated for the first time to design a pavilion that will be installed outside Tate Liverpool on the city's historic Albert Dock as part of the Sky Arts Ignition Series, which will go on show from 15 September 2012 - 13 January 2013. Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken ­ The Source will be part of the seventh Liverpool Biennial. The circular building will be located immdeiately west of Tate Liverpool. Doug Aitken Pavilion, Tate Liverpool: images © Adjaye/Associates Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken ­ The Source is the artist¹s first public realm installation in the UK and features filmed conversations with some of the world¹s leading creative figures. Participants of all ages and backgrounds, working across different art forms, respond to two questions: where does the creative idea start and how is it realised? Those interviewed include David Adjaye, Devendra Banhart, Thomas Demand, Liz Diller, William Eggleston, Jacques Herzog, Mike Kelley, Lucky Dragons, James Murphy, Philippe Parreno, Richard Phillips, Jack Pierson, Stephen Shore, Paolo Soleri, Tilda Swinton, Ryan Trecartin and Jack White. Tate Liverpool: photos © Adrian Welch The Pavilion will be located in Mermaid Court, adjacent to the largest single grouping of Grade 1 listed buildings anywhere in England. At 14.2 metres in diameter, with a sloping roof that ranges from 2.8m to 4.8m in height, the pavilion will provide an immersive experience during the day, with a night-time presence created through the projection of Aitken¹s work on the outer walls of the circular structure. Built from a wooden frame and a combination of corrugated acrylic and bitumen panels, the pavilion will be a temporary structure that deliberately separates Aitken¹s work from the traditional gallery space in order to create a new cultural destination. Stills from Sky Arts Ignition Series: Doug Aitken David Adjaye: photo courtesy of Doug Aitken Workshop and 303 Gallery, NY Jacques Herzog: photo courtesy of Doug Aitken Workshop and 303 Gallery, NY Liz Diller: photo courtesy of Doug Aitken Workshop and 303 Gallery, NY Paolo Soleri: photo courtesy of Doug Aitken Workshop and 303 Gallery, NY The Sky Arts Ignition Series was launched in 2011 to support the creation of major new works of art as well as nurture emerging talent. Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken ­ The Source is the first project in the series, which will see Sky Arts collaborate with six leading arts organisations from across the UK and Ireland in the creation of brand new works. For each of the chosen projects, Sky Arts will provide a cash investment of up to £200,000 and work with the arts partners to bring their projects to a wider audience, using Sky's platform. Tate Liverpool: photos © Adrian Welch Doug Aitken said: ³This project is about the roots of creativity. Many of the people in this project are working in very diverse mediums and it's that common thread that I¹m interested in. The project is very much about the empowerment of the viewer. I want the installation at Tate Liverpool to be a destination: a place that one can go to and walk into this field of ideas. It will be a celebration of the power of the individual and the forging of a borderless new creative territory ­ I¹m incredibly excited." James Hunt, Director of Sky Arts, commented, 'At Sky Arts, it¹s clear to us just how fascinated people are by the creative process that goes into making works of art. Doug¹s plan for the first Sky Arts Ignition project really captures that; opening up the creative process and making it more relatable and accessible. That¹s another thing that we try to do at Sky Arts, and Doug's project fits with that ethos perfectly.' Tate Liverpool + Albert Dock Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken ­ The Source 15 Sep - 13 Jan 2013 Free admission Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB For more information on the Sky Arts Ignition Series, please visit the website at sky.com/skyartsignition 28 Jul 2012 David Adjaye US Library Buildings Two New Washington DC Libraries The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library and the The Francis Gregory Library now open. 18 Apr 2012 David Adjaye Book David Adjaye - Authoring: Re-placing Art and Architecture Edited by Marc McQuade With contributions by David Adjaye, Stan Allen, Alex Coles, Teresita Fernández, Dave Hickey, Sanford Kwinter, Jorge Pardo, and Matthew Ritchie Authoring: Re-placing Art and Architecture challenges traditional assumptions about the relationship between art and architecture. From 2008 through 2010, David Adjaye and Marc McQuade, taught three studios at the Princeton School of Architecture. Each studio focused on a collaboration with three distinguished artists-Matthew Ritchie, Teresita Fernández, and Jorge Pardo-on interventions in three vastly different sites: the state of New Jersey, the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, and the city of Mérida in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Through an exploratory process of questioning, developing, and testing, each architect and artist reexamines the expectations traditionally associated with the conventions of architectural design and representation. Authoring: Re-placing Art and Architecture presents recent projects from David Adjaye, Matthew Ritchie, Teresita Fernández, and Jorge Pardo, along with interviews, essays, and archival material that explore the shared space of art and architecture. Storefront for Art and Architecture Adjaye/Associates - Latest Building National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC, USA Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group picture courtesy Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group National Museum of African American History and Culture The National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) broke ground on 22 Feb 2012. President Obama delivered remarks at an official ceremony celebrating this milestone for the Smithsonian Institution’s new museum on Washington’s National Mall. Adjaye/Associates Studio News Adjaye Associates Relocates Adjaye Associates’ London Headquarters moves from N1 to NW1 After more than a decade in Penn Street Hackney, Adjaye Associates’ London studio has moved into the recently redeveloped Art Deco Edison House on Old Marlebone Road. Occupying the entire ground floor, the office is a radical new space planned and designed by the practice. Strengthening Adjaye Associates’ London base, the move celebrates the studio’s longstanding enthusiasm for working locally – both in London and across the UK. Edison House is a freshly completed development with striking office space that will champion the London headquarters, while consolidating the practice’s international presence, with its partner offices in Berlin and New York. David Adjaye said: “I have a real passion for working in my home town – London is the city which has established my career and given me extraordinary opportunities. To set up my office in one of our own developments is extremely exciting. It is a moment which heralds renewed enthusiasm for building here and we will seek to strengthen our local base with ever more projects. It is also gratifying to be able to provide my excellent team with a distinctive, exciting environment in which to work.” Adjaye Associates, Edison House, 223-231 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5TH David Adjaye : 'Urban Africa' photograph : David Adjaye David Adjaye Exhibition London at the Design Museum - Photos by David Major Buildings by Adjaye/Associates Kvadrat London Showroom, London, UK 2009 Design: David Adjaye and Peter Saville photo from Adjaye / Associates Kvadrat London Showroom Idea Store Chrisp St, Langdon Park, Poplar, east London, UK photo © Nick Weall Idea Store Chrisp St Idea Store Whitechapel, east London, UK photo © Nick Weall Idea Store Whitechapel Rivington Place, London, UK 2007 photo © Nick Weall Rivington Place Buildings by Adjaye/Associates Projects listed alphabetically: Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham, east London 2007 Dirty House, Shoreditch, east London, UK 2001-02 Elektra House, Whitechapel, east London, UK 1998-2000 Idea Store, Chrisp Street, Poplar, east London, UK 2001-04 Idea Store Whitechapel, Whitechapel, east London, UK 2001-05 inVIA - Institute of International Visual Arts, London 2007 Kvadrat London Showroom, London, UK 2009 Manchester gallery project, northern England 2007- David Adjaye with Maurice Shapero + Stephenson Bell £55m: Apartments, gallery, retail, market, bus station Museum of Contemporary Arts, Denver, USA 2007 Nobel Peace Center - Exhibition Centre, Oslo, Norway 2002-05 Rivington Place, Rivington Street, east London 2007 Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, southeast London 2007 T-B A21 Olafur Eliasson Pavilion - Art Installation, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2005 Timber-frame prefabricated house, de Beauvoir Town, Hackney, east London 2007 More projects by David Adjaye online soon Adjaye/Associates - Stirling Prize nominated 2006 for Idea Store Client: London Borough of Tower Hamlets

David Adjaye London - Practice Information

Architect studio based in London, UK

David Adjaye

Born 1966: Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania

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Education
Royal College of Art - MA Arch 1993

David Adjaye reformed his studio in 2000 as Adjaye/Associates

Teaching Positions
Architectural Association, London : unit tutor

Previously
Royal College of Art, London : lecturer

Awards
RIBA First Prize Bronze Medal : 1993

David has become well-known for his intriguing houses which are innovative especially in materials and colour, and for The Idea Store building typology which is both a library and education centre.

David Adjaye Architect - Further Information

David Adjaye is founder and Principal Architect of Adjaye Associates. Established in June 2000, the firm has received worldwide attention, with work ranging in scale from private houses, cafes and bars, exhibitions and temporary pavilions to major arts centres, civic buildings and masterplans in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The practice is currently engaged on the prestigious commission to design the Smithsonian Institution's ambitious National Museum of African American History and Culture on a prominent site on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Adjaye's belief in working together with artists and other cultural thinkers has led to a number of notable collaborations on both building projects as well as exhibitions. The practice established its early reputation with a series of private houses where the artist was client, and this dialogue continues with recent public buildings, exhibitions and research projects, including Chris Offili's "The Upper Room" exhibited (1999-2002 and 2010), which is now in the permanent collection of Tate Britain. David Adjaye's photographic survey of 52 cities across the continent of Africa, "Urban Africa", exhibited at the Design Museum London (2010), has shifted the understanding of Africa's metropolitan centres while offering a global resonance and consolidating the African heritage that informs the practice's work. He was awarded the OBE for services to architecture in 2007 and received the Design Miami/ Year of the Artist title in 2011.

David Adjaye - Further Projects

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Birmingham Library - architecture competition, England
2006
Shortlist: Adjaye Associates, Glen Howells and make
Birmingham Library

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David Adjaye - RIBA Awards 2006, East London: Idea Store, Whitechapel

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