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| David Adjaye Houses: Recycling, Reconfiguring, Rebuilding | 
 enlarge | Creator: Peter Allison
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 160248
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.9 x 1
ISBN: 0500286310
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.092
EAN: 9780500286319
ASIN: 0500286310
Publication Date: August 2006
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Condition: New. SKU 0500286310. Mint Condition - with immediate next working day shipment from the UK to anywhere in the world.
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| Customer Reviews:
A special talent? December 21, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a really nice volume with excellent photography and descriptions of the houses. It's also quite a revealing book in terms of Adjaye's techniques and 'tricks' for acieving certain effects (which is welcome for students and practitioners alike), and also in terms of his status as one of the leading young architects in the U.K right now.
There is perhaps no architect in the U.K today who has divided opinion so much, but whatever you think of him, he's the only well known black architect I know and he seems to have risen to success from nowhere (although he was also a distinguished student). Both reasons for admiration.
My own opinion is that his work to date has very high points (at least some his work IS astounding I believe. I makes me sort of want to give up and go home) and some not so high points (it could be that certain work is less photogenic than others, or it could be that his ideas didn't quite come off).
I think his potential is huge, but I think the fact that he is black will be a barrier/issue, as much for the psycological baggage that this brings (speaking from experience, I'm also of Ghanaian descent) as for any real threat of racism. He'll need to be a strong character. It hasn't effected his progress so far though.
Whatever you think of him, the book shows that Adjaye is clearly very very talented, extremely interesting and thats why the book is worth getting.
I really hope he realises his potential.
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