David Adjaye was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1966 and moved to Britain with his family in 1975. After graduating from London South Bank University and the Royal College of Art in London, he quickly established his own practice, Adaye Associates, designing many notable public buildings around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, USA and the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway. He was awarded an OBE in 2007 for services to British architecture and was the first black recipient of the Royal Gold Medal in 2021 and through his eponymous architectural practice, he continues to design landmark structures across the UK and internationally.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU:https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/david-adjaye