{"id":668,"date":"2023-08-11T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vibergirls.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:57:25","slug":"national-museums-liverpool-drops-adjaye-associates-from-international-slavery-museum-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vibergirls.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/national-museums-liverpool-drops-adjaye-associates-from-international-slavery-museum-project\/","title":{"rendered":"National Museums Liverpool drops Adjaye Associates from International Slavery Museum project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architect David Adjaye<\/a> has lost another large project in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, as his studio<\/a> is dropped from the International Slavery Museum redevelopment in Liverpool<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adjaye Associates<\/a> had been appointed to create the architectural design of the museum last year<\/a>, with Ralph Appelbaum Associates<\/a> set to create its exhibition design.<\/p>\n

However, the National Museums Liverpool (NML), which commissioned the \u00a357 million project, said it was severing ties with Adjaye Associates<\/a> as it “felt there were some risks in terms of continuing our contract,” reported British newspaper the Financial Times (FT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Organisation is looking for new architect\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

While NML remains committed to the project, it will now start an “accelerated tender procurement” to find a new architect for it.<\/p>\n

“National Museums Liverpool has taken the decision to terminate the contract with Adjaye Associates (AA),” a spokesperson for the museum told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“We would like to thank the AA team who have worked hard to bring the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum transformation project to a developed design stage,” it added.<\/p>\n

“We remain committed to the project as we continue to build on the momentum already established and intend to start an accelerated tender procurement for new architects in the coming weeks.”<\/p>\n

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David Adjaye was accused of sexual assault by three women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project was set to turn the museum’s existing Dr Martin Luther King Jr building into a new entrance to the\u00a0International Slavery Museum<\/a> and would add more retail and events spaces as well as a cafeteria and temporary exhibition spaces.<\/p>\n

“This project presents us with an opportunity to reimagine the historic fabric of this Grade I Listed Building and to reposition it within the powerful context of Liverpool’s Waterfront and its relationship to the transatlantic slave trade,” Adjaye said at the time.<\/p>\n

Ralph Appelbaum Associates is understood to be remaining on the job, reported Architects’ Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NML latest institution to cut ties with Adjaye<\/strong><\/p>\n

NML is the latest institution to cancel upcoming projects by Adjaye’s studio after the architect was accused of sexual misconduct by three women<\/a> who worked for him in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

According to the women, dealing with Adjaye caused them serious mental distress and financial difficulties, and disrupted their careers.<\/p>\n

After an investigation by the FT detailed the allegations against the architect, which Adjaye denies, a number of institutions and organisations have dropped projects by the studio.<\/p>\n