Sir David Adjaye to Receive Washington University International Humanities Prize
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The Center for the Humanities will be presenting the 2018 Washington University International Humanities Prize and Medal to internationally renowned architect Sir David Adjaye, on October 29. Adjaye will receive a $25,000 prize, an endowment from David and PhSir David Adjaye to Receive Washington University International Humanities Prize
The Center for the Humanities will be presenting the 2018 Washington University International Humanities Prize and Medal to internationally renowned architect Sir David Adjaye, on October 29. Adjaye will receive a $25,000 prize, an endowment from David and Phyllis Wilson Grossman.“David Adjaye is one of the most influential architects of his generation, known for major public spaces in North America, Europe, and Africa,” said Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, which administers the award. “But what sets Adjaye apart from his contemporaries is his humanistic approach to design. His work embodies the human experience in all its trauma, beauty and wonder.”Recognized as a leading architect of his generation, Adjaye is known especially for his work on major public spaces in North America, Europe, and Africa. According to the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, “When the Adjaye-designed National Museum of African American History and Culture opened last September, the New York Times named it the cultural event of the year. Thirteen months later, his project team won the commission for the UK’s National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Center. It’s projects like these that were recognized with knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in January 2017 for service to the field of architecture and that earned him a spot on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people that same year.”Other accolades include Design Miami/ Artist of the Year title in 2011, the Wall Street Journal Innovator Award in 2013, and the 2016 Panerai London Design Medal from the London Design Festival.Thelma Golden, the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, another Adjaye design, states in her essay on his work for Time: “His work – deeply rooted in both the present moment and the complex context of history – has envisioned new ways for culture to be represented and reflected in the built environment.”The International Humanities Prize and Medal is awarded biennially to a person who has contributed significantly to the humanities either through a supremely well-crafted work or an entire body of work that has dramatically changed how we see or understand a particular place, event, person, idea or field of expression, or through courageously persevering in a humanities pursuit in an atmosphere of persecution, according to the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences.http://www.blouinartinfo.com Founder: Louise Blouin Read more