{"159081":{"#nid":"159081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"International Architect David Adjaye Speaks at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Architecture welcomed internationally recognized architect David Adjaye to campus on Wednesday for an afternoon question-and-answer session. The student-initiated organization gray_matter(s) hosted the famous architect.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdjaye, who designed the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s National Museum of African American Culture and History, which will open in Washington, D.C. in 2015, discussed his current and future projects, while offering advice and sharing his thoughts on architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m always designing for the future, but through the lens of the present,\u201d Adjaye said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdjaye was asked to quickly design an original sketch on a notepad.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDrawing is an obsession; my mind can never stop doing it,\u201d he said to the students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJasmine Kent, fourth-year architecture major and president of the National Organization of Minority Architects said meeting Adjaye was like meeting a stranger only to later discover the stranger\u2019s fame.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEngaging in conversation and getting to know him was inspiring because I saw how firm he is in his beliefs and designs,\u201d Kent said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELater in the day, Adjaye delivered a lecture to students in the College\u2019s east auditorium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EAdjaye is the founder and principal architect of Adjaye Associates, which has offices in London, New York and Berlin. 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