Idea Store

David Adjaye was born in Tanzania to Ghanaian diplomats with whom he lived in several Arab metropolises before settling in the UK to study architecture. "As much as I was enjoying all the places I was moving to, I was incredibly traumatized by” the “inability to have roots, but then I realized that it was a strength rather than a problem." An exposure to multiple cultures has not directly influenced the aesthetic of Adjaye’s design rather constant and extreme adjustments to different societies tested his confidence and drove him to make sense of complexities. Adjaye’s adeptness to solve problems and provide inventive solutions to “post-city architecture” won him projects. Adjaye’s public assignments in London are for educational and artistic spaces that breed cross-cultural communication. Adjaye’s progressive reassessment of the London library scored a commission to build two Idea Stores that host an array of educational classes.
Six years ago, David began studying and archiving images of the fifty-three capitals on the African continent for an exhibition to promote positive imagery instead of disease, famine and war. He confidently conveys a balanced world of creativity and practicality in the spirit of his work and desires to educate.