The Smithsonian NMAAHC and the Work of Adjaye Associates

ARCHITECT takes a look through the work of British architect David Adjaye to celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

After eight years of design, legislation, and construction, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has reached its final stage: completion. The newest addition to Washington, D.C.'s National Mall opens on Saturday. ARCHITECT caught up with London-based architect David Adjaye, Hon. FAIA, principal of Adjaye Associates, one of the many firms that collaborated on the prominent project, which also included The Freelon Group, Davis Brody Bond, SmithGroup JJR, Guy Nordenson and Associates, Robert Silman Associates, and WSP Flack + Kurtz. Adjaye describes the tripartite programming composition of the NMAAHC as well as its unique location in the video below:

See the NMAAHC and more of the Adjaye Associates portfolio by clicking through the links below to ARCHITECT's Project Gallery.

Hallmark House, Johannesburg

courtesy of Adjaye Associates Photographer Credit : Ed Reeve

Sugar Hill Housing, New York

Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C.

Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

Eugene Gasana Jr. Foundation Paediatric Cancer Centre, Kigali, Rwanda

Ruby City, San Antonio

Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia

See the NMAAHC and more of the Adjaye Associates portfolio in ARCHITECT's Project Gallery.

Deane Madsen, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, is the former associate design editor for ARCHITECT, and still covers architecture and design in Washington, D.C. He earned his M.Arch. at UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Follow Deane on Twitter at @deane_madsen.

Chelsea Blahut is an online content producer at Hanley Wood, and writes for ARCHITECT, Residental Architect, and EcoBuilding Pulse. Follow her on Twitter at @chelseablahut.