It’s not bad going for an architect whose practice, less than 10 years ago, seemed to be on the brink of collapse. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Artist’s impression of Contemplation Court at the Holocaust memorial. Photograph: National Holocaust Memorial short list/PR“They just didn’t have the same wit as his smaller-scale work,” says one of his contemporaries. So how will Adjaye fare as architect of the Holocaust memorial (on which he is working with designer Ron Arad), an emotionally fraught project that is already facing the expected barrage of opposition because of its location? High point: Winning the competition for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, completed in 2016, which he has called “the defining project of my career”.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2017 06:00 UTC