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Architect David Adjaye wins RIBA 2021 Royal Gold Medal

Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) royal gold medal for 2021. This is the first time that the medal will be awarded to an architect of African descent in its 173 year history.


By Staff Writer
The Royal Gold Medal is one of the world’s highest honors for architecture, and is given as a recognition of a lifetime's work, “to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture". The son of a Ghanaian diplomat,

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