British-Ghanaian architect will erect a monumental modern cathedral in Ghana

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST
By Stefanie Waldek
All images courtesy of adjaye associates
Ghanaian president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo unveiled today Adjaye Associates’ designs for the National Cathedral of Ghana as part of a ceremony celebrating the country’s 61st year of independence. “It is an immense honor to be granted the opportunity to contribute something of this scale and import to my home country,” British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, the firm’s founder and principal, said in a statement. “I have sought to craft a building that not only understands its landscape but one that will be unique to Accra and the Ghanaian Nation.” [More]