@IsaacJulien's exhibition "What Freedom is to Me" is now showing at the @Tate (#TateBritain). ​⁠ ⁠ "The exhibition takes in the arc of Julien’s career, including five single-screen films from the 1980s and six sumptuous installations, exhibited within a hexagonal structure designed by the architect David Adjaye." - @nytimes​⁠ ⁠ 📸: #JackHems ​⁠ ⁠ @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #isaacjulien #tatebritain #exhibitiondesign #installation #collaboration #art

130 William | New York, NY (2021)​⁠ ⁠ “Conceived as an urban living room, the plaza is fundamental to how one experiences the building. The plaza creates both a public amenity and a transitional moment between the bustle of the city and the respite of the private residences inside. With its allée of trees, seating, and thematic continuation of the large-scaled arches, the public plaza park is really a gesture to the city and a critical facet of what makes this building unique.” - @adjaye_visual_sketchbook⁠ ⁠ 📸: @drorbaldingerphotographer⁠ ⁠ @130william #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #130william #plaza #architecture #architect #design

Alchemy: The Material World of David Adjaye by @SpencerCBailey is now available for purchase via @phaidonpress! ⁠ ⁠ Exploring @adjaye_visual_sketchbook's contemplative approach to materials, the book is organized into five sections—Stone and Concrete, Metal, Wood, Glass, and Rammed Earth—and brings together and contextualizes more than thirty of the architect's most evocative projects. ​⁠ ⁠ #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #alchemy #materiality #phaidon #architecture

@130William in @wallpapermag "The highly anticipated 130 William, Adjaye Associates’ first residential high-rise scheme in New York, has just announced its completion. The project, which spans 66 storeys and features distinctive, hand-cast skin, dark colour tones and a grid of arches, is set to define its Lower Manhattan neighbourhood, and the overall city skyline, through its confidence and unique take on high-rise and minimalist architecture." - Ellie Stathaki Full article via the link in bio. 📸: @ivane.k @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #architect #architecture #design #130William #nyc #skyline

Kwaeε | Venice, Italy (2023)​⁠ ⁠ Acting as an inverted sun dial with shadow patterns that track the position of the sun throughout the day, Kwaeε aims to cultivate and renew celestial, human and cultural connections across time.⁠ ⁠ 📸: @Gregori_Civera⁠ ⁠ @labiennale @adjaye_visual_sketchbook @xylotekltd #adjaye #adjayeassociates #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #TheLaboratoryoftheFuture #Kwaeε #timber

The Social | London, UK (1999)​⁠ ⁠ The brief for this early project was for two bars on the lower floors of an existing building. ​⁠ ⁠ The smaller, oak-lined cocktail bar is at street level, leaving room for a generous entrance. A staircase then descends to the basement, which contains a double-height bar at one end and a small sound stage at the other. The sidewalls are designed with backlit GRP (glass-reinforced plastic) to serve as a source of light and expand the space horizontally, while the concrete furniture provides for a strong sense of personal location.​⁠ ⁠ 📸: @editphoto @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #adjaye #adjayeassociates #davidadjaye #architecture #architect #design #thesocial #london⁠ ⁠

Lost House | London, UK (2004) Lost House as seen in @netflix’s Black Mirror, Season 6 Episode 1! Belying its position at the bottom of a light well, Lost House is arranged as an expansive single-story dwelling with a variety of internal and external views. To bring light into the deep section, the roof is punctuated by three courtyards and several roof lights, and the bedrooms are connected by light scoops to the nearest courtyards. 📸: @taranwilkhu @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #architect #architecture #losthouse #london #blackmirror

Francis A. Gregory Library | Washington DC (2012)​ #OnThisDay 11 years ago, Francis A. Gregory Library opened to the public. The sketch-like quality of the library suggests a woodland folly – a building that is a pavilion within Fort Davis Park. Views of the park are framed from within, while the exterior of the building both reflects and complements the dense composition of trees and the striking natural environment. Viewed from the street, the building appears to flicker with the changing light, providing a lens through which to see into the park.​ 📸: @edmundsumner ​ @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #adjayeassociates #adjaye #davidadjaye #architect #architecture #francisagregorylibrary #washingtondc #library #architecturesketch

#CommunityCapture at @thewebster (2020) by @brian.molinares!​⁠ ⁠ "There would be a curving window on the inner wall of the public space, and once people were in the store, they would be able to look back at this moment, at the panoramic opening. This is why there are hardly any other windows in this space; it is very cave-like, and its darkness celebrated." - @adjaye_visual_sketchbook​⁠ ⁠ @suewebster #davidadjaye #adjaye #adjayeassociates #architecture #design #architect #communityengagement =#thewebster #losangeles #california

William O. Lockridge / Bellevue Library | Washington DC (2012) The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library is characterised by its celebration of views across the neighborhood, and its insertion into the dramatically sloping site topography. Rather than a single monolithic form, the library is a cluster of geometric volumes, both elevated and grounded physically to the site. @adjaye_visual_sketchbook #adjaye #adjayeassociates #architect #architecture #design #library #washingtondc #bellevuelibrary #williamolockridgelibrary

Idea Store Whitechapel | London, UK (2005) The ‘Idea Stores’ sought to reimagine the concept of libraries and create new hubs for community services. Accommodating a range of activities within its program, the design of the Whitechapel location layers them together to enable easy circulation between each space.​ 📸: ​2 @edmundsumner, 3 @timothysoarphotographer ​ @adjaye_visual_sketchbook ​ #davidadjaye #adjayeassociates #architecture #architect #design #ideastore #whitechapel #london

DREAM Charter School | Bronx, New York (2023)​⁠ ⁠ “I see the project as setting a framework that other cities can and should adopt, which is to radically reuse its industrial heritage—not to tear down buildings but to imagine them as new pieces of infrastructure for new generations,” - @adjaye_visual_sketchbook to @ARCHITECTMag, discussing the adaptive reuse of a former ice factory into @wearedream's new K-12 school.​⁠ ⁠ The design retains the exposed steel work, red brick, barrel vaulted ceilings, and large arched windows of the former warehouse to embrace the history of the building whilst providing the school's 1,300 students with a dynamic new space for 21st century learning. ​⁠ ⁠ Read the full article at the link in bio. ​⁠ ⁠ 📸: @drorbaldingerphotographer⁠ ⁠ #adjayeassociates #adjaye #davidadjaye #architect #architecture #adaptivereuse #dreamcharterschool #bronx #newyork