The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. image © Brendan McCabe

The pervading sentiment in the architectural community is that Adjaye, a Ghanaian British architect, is the odds-on favorite. Many architectural blogs including Metropolis Magazine, Dezeen, curbed.com and Architectural Record tout unsubstantiated rumors and vague declarations that “Adjaye has been referred to as Obama's favorite architect" or “Adjaye is seen as the front runner." Robert A.M. Stern, the architect for the George Bush Library, provided this comment in Architect Magazine:  “Everybody says it's going to be David Adjaye. He's a great architect so that's great."  The Chicago Tribune's Blaire Kamen wrote, “The rumor mill already has the job going to Adjaye, whose projects include the under-construction National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington."....Continue Reading

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