Since establishing Adjaye Associates in 2000, David Adjaye has crafted a global team that is multicultural and stimulated by the broadest possible cultural discourse. The practice has studios in Accra, London, and New York with work spanning the globe. Adjaye Associates’ most well-known commission to date, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), opened in 2016 on the National Mall in Washington DC and was named “Cultural Event of the Year” by The New York Times.

Today the portfolio continues to evolve with major cultural and civic projects that include District Hospitals in multiple locations across Ghana; the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria; the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library in Johannesburg, South Africa; a new facility for the Princeton University Art Museum; the 241-acre Marine Drive Accra master plan project in Accra, Ghana; and the Cuyahoga Riverfront Masterplan in Cleveland, Ohio.

The firm has received widespread recognition for its contributions to architecture. In 2022, David Adjaye was appointed to the Order of Merit, selected by Her Majesty the Queen, in recognition of distinguished service in his field. Adjaye was also announced as the winner of the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, which is considered one of the highest honours in British architecture for significant contributions to the field internationally.