| is there a user's manual for this
| type of thing? we see Adjaye has
| gone from 'young enthusiastic talented'
| to 'architect for/and the people' stage
        
British public buildings just don't work - top architect

David Adjaye, one of the country's brightest young architects, is
working to create a more welcoming and user-friendly urban landscape

Alice O'Keeffe, arts and media correspondent
Sunday January 22, 2006
The Observer

David Adjaye made his name as Britain's hottest architect, designing
luxury houses for the likes of Ewan McGregor, Chris Ofili and Janet
Street-Porter. Now he's got a new, if slightly less glamorous, passion.
Adjaye is on a mission to make Britain's public buildings more
accessible to ordinary people.

'Most public buildings in this country represent a certain grandness, a
certain kind of taste - they look like palaces,' he said. 'The problem
is that they alienate people as much as they support them.

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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1692223,00.html