David Adjaye to Design National African American Museum

Published: April 14, 2009

David Adjaye

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The architectural team led by David Adjaye has been chosen by the Smithsonian Institution to design the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the New York Times reports.

Adjaye, along with his partners for the competition, Freelon Group, Davis Brody Bond, and SmithGroup, beat out five other architectural teams featuring such big names as Diller Scofidio and Renfro, Foster and Partners/URS, and Moshe Safdie and Associates.

The museum, which is expected to cost $500 million and open in 2015, will occupy a five-acre area near the Washington Monument. It could be the final major structure erected on the mall.

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established by a 2003 act of Congress and has been collecting artifacts ever since.

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