Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye has won yet another award in his pristine career, the Charlotte Perriand Award.
The inaugural edition of the award is set to come off this year and Adjaye has been named as the winner.
The award was created by the Createurs Design Association (CDA) and is named after the iconic French architect and designer, Charlotte Periand.
The CDA chose David Adjaye to be the first recipient of the planned annual honour due to his role as an influential and world-class architect and designer.
According to the CDA, Adjaye’s buildings “go beyond becoming city landmarks” and “create a real dialogue taking place beyond time”.
“This is the first time the Perriand family has allowed her name to be used beyond her immediate work,” they said in a statement.
Adjaye is familiar to Ghanaians due to being recently tapped by the government of Ghana to design the National Cathedral.
Speaking after being named the first recipient of the inaugural award, Adjaye heaped praise on Perriand.
“[Charlotte Perriand] was really expansive in thinking about what the profession could be and understood the role of designers in their responsibility toward making the 21st century as beautiful and as empowering and as edifying [as possible] for people of all races – and for our human civilisation to thrive,” he said.
This is hardly Adjaye’s first prestigious honour as he’s already been knighted by the Queen, among many other honours.
His signature creations include Sugar Hill Housing in Harlem, New York; Dirty House in Shoreditch; Moscow School of Management Skolkovo; the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Stephen Lawrence Centre in London.
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