Join us this Thursday night (November 8) at 7:00 pm for the newest installment of our Drawn Here series, a lecture by architect David Adjaye. Adjaye founded London-based Adjaye/Associates in 2000, and has since garnered international acclaim for designs that explore the dualities of “ private retreat and public engagement.” Known for his residential and studio designs for international actors and artists (check out his project with Olafur Eliasson, and his project with Chris Ofili) the architect’s civic buildings–libraries, multiresidential housing developments, and museums–explore the conditions of their public nature, providing answers to the architect’s own query, “ What is a public building in the twenty-first century?” Through projects such as the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway (2005), the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (2007), and a planned five-star hotel and residences for downtown St.Paul, Adjaye addresses the challenges of designing multipurpose spaces for diverse communities.
Also, (landscape) designers Mike and Matt of Minneapolis firm Rolu Dsgn have a great design/art blog that I’ll be checking out regularly, with a nice post about the Adjaye lecture (that just happens to mention our blog as well!).