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No 8 MAKING HIS MARK

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Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye is the designer behind some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including the much-talked-about $540 million Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC, the biggest project undertaken by Adjaye Associates thus far.

What has us really excited, however, is his current project in Johannesburg.

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