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Sir David Malorie Hall of Fame

Adjaye Blackman

Architect Author

I’m totally into I don’t believe in
architecture for all regrets. There are
strata of society. a few things I’d do
High design should not differently, but I can’t
just be for rich people. go back in time. All I
For me, architecture can do is learn from
is a social act past mistakes

avid, who was in the Powerlist Number One spot alorie topped our list four years ago. Her books
six years ago and is now Sir David, is going from have long been required reading in schools the
Dstrength to strength. Mlength and breadth of the country.
This year saw the opening of the redesigned, career- She used her role as Children’s Laureate to hit out at the
defining Smithsonian National Museum of African closure of libraries by cash-strapped councils, stating that
American History and Culture in Washington, DC. The as her ultimate task is to promote children’s reading, it falls
project, just ten minutes from the White House, is reported to her to speak out against anything that threatens this.
to have cost £350million. She says: “I believe we need more culturally diverse
Award-winning architect David described the museum books – about disabled characters, though not about their
as a “monument to understanding the African American disability.
experience”. Exhibits include whips used to punish slaves, “We need to reflect the diversity of our society.”
shackles and KKK robes. It has been 27 years since the publication of her first
In a momentous year, David was named the world’s most book, Not So Stupid, in 1990, but Malorie’s enthusiasm to
influential architect by Time magazine, won the London encourage children to exercise their imaginations and read
Design Medal and received a knighthood. shows no sign of waning.

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