Tag Adjaye Associates

12-12-2022

A lesson in city design from Toronto: less digital, more common good

Last February, the city of Toronto announced its new plan for urban development of the Quayside district on the Lake Ontario waterfront. Green parks and two acres of urban forests, eight-hundred low-cost housing units, arts centres focusing on indigenous culture and a promise of zero emissions: the proposal submitted by Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen, Alison Brooks Architects and SLA replaced the previous high-tech proposal put forward by Alphabet.

28-10-2022

Adjaye Associates: Winter Park Library & Events Center

In the architecture of the Winter Park Library & Events Center in Florida, the arched shape of the pavilions has both an aesthetic and an environmental purpose. Marvellously inspired by birds’ wings, the shape contributes to passive cooling.

14-06-2022

The winners of the Architizer A+Awards 2022

On 7 June, the winners of the Architizer A+Awards 2022 were announced in New York: an extensive programme of prizes awarded both by a jury of industry professionals and by the public, to celebrate the best spaces in the world and to promote the value of architecture and its positive impact on everyday life.

17-01-2022

Adjaye Associates designs new Library and Events Centre in Winter Park, Florida

On December 10 and 11, 2021, before local authorities and architect David Adjaye, the inauguration of the new library and events centre designed by the Adjaye Associates architecture firm took place. Built in the northwest corner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Florida, the new building is part of a larger revitalisation programme for the park and has been designed to help grow and improve the local community.