David Adjaye: Houses.Dirty House, Shoreditch, built for artists Sue Webster and Tim Noble, one of the disconcerting dis·con·cert tr.v. dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs 1. To upset the self-possession of; ruffle. See Synonyms at embarrass. 2. dwellings from David Adjaye David Adjaye OBE (born 1966) is a British architect. David Adjaye was born in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, where his father was a Ghanaian diplomat. He trained with David Chipperfield Architects and Eduardo Souto De Moura Architects, and graduated in 1993 from the Royal College : Houses, edited by Peter Allison: London, Thames & Hudson, 2005, [pounds sterling]29.95. Characterised by formal and material experimentation (and slightly daffy names--Dirty joins Lost, Fog and Elektra), Adjaye's houses are skilful manipulations of domestic space, usually for artists or arty people, on edgy, inner London sites. Wrapped in hermetic hermetic /her·met·ic/ (her-met´ik) impervious to air. her·met·ic or her·met·i·cal adj. Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air. skins of dark brick or metal, the houses face down their grotty grot·ty adj. grot·ti·er, grot·ti·est Chiefly British Slang Very unpleasant; miserable. [Alteration of grotesque. surroundings, but the tough exteriors conceal a succession of secret, sensual inner realms. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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