David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings

David Adjaye is one of Britain’s leading contemporary architects. Known for his domestic projects, Making Public Buildings focuses for the first time on Adjaye’s engagement with civic space and the built environment.

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The ten projects are: Idea Store, Chrisp Street, London, opened July 2004; Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, opened June 2005; Idea Store, Whitechapel, London, opened September 2005; Art Pavilions with TBA-21, Venice Biennale, June–November 2005; Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, on site 2005; Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham, on site 2005; Rivington Place, Shoreditch, on site 2005; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, on site 2005; Market Hall in Wakefield, on site 2006; Fairfield Housing, Hackney, on site 2006.

Peter Allison has curated exhibitions on contemporary Austrian architecture and new architecture from London. He contributes to a number of international publications and teaches in London.