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eBiz Africa Review
Summer 2013 /
Été 2013
REPORT /
DOSSIER
Architecture is the art of imagining
the layout of complex building
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the design but also bringing their
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has been critically acclaimed not
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works are widely considered to be
masterpieces in his adopted home
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have generated a lot of positive
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way of seeing and appreciating the
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Who is David Adjaye?
David Adjaye is the son of a
Ghanaian diplomat and has been
brought up in an international
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es Salaam in Tanzania, and he has
lived in several Continents due
to his father’s various diplomatic
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the age of nine where he completed
his education in the top private
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Early Success
David Adjaye graduated from
London South Bank University and
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DAVID
ADJAYE,
THE AFRO-URBAN ARCHITECT
For years, people have admired and studied the works of a small group of
internationally renowned architects. Architects, whose unique style can only be
described as a product of their imagination, have truly become a cultural reference
point for those interested or working in this field. Today, however, there is a new
breed of architect on the rise. As time goes by, such is a fact of life, man has evolved
in his ways of evaluating design and architecture. One man who embodies this new
breed of architect is none other than David Adjaye. This famous British architect, of
Ghanaian origin, takes us on a journey in which we discover a way to see his work
through a different perspective. In doing so, his work has become a world-renown,
unprecedented cultural reference point.
By Franck Olivier KRA