Buildings for me represent opportunities of agency, transformation, and storytelling. They are not just artifacts. There is this … - David Adjaye

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Have I thought long to see this morning’s face, And doth it give me such a sight as this?

David Adjaye

Buildings for me represent opportunities of agency, transformation, and storytelling. They are not just artifacts. There is this big tradition of buildings-as-artifacts - constructed artifacts - but for me they are these incredible sites of negotiation.

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Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.

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I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and thought I would do it through art, but I realized very quickly that I was interested in the social ramifications of form making. So buildings became the vehicle and fulfilled that thing. That satisfied me when I produced them. I decided this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

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