Adjaye Associates
Mitesh Parekh is an experienced architect and project director currently working at Adjaye Associates since July 2017, where Mitesh has held the roles of Project Director, Project Architect, and Architect. Mitesh has also been a freelance designer since January 2003, engaging in various competitions, planning applications, and commercial projects. Prior experience includes architectural roles at Allies and Morrison, contributing to significant mixed-use developments; Arup & Valode et Pistre, where Mitesh participated in the Skolkovo Technopark project in Moscow; and RMA Architects, focusing on urban and residential developments. Mitesh began a career in architecture with experience at Anderson, Wilde & Harris and Harper Mackay Architects. Mitesh holds a BA in Architecture from De Montfort University, a PG Diploma in Architecture from the University of East London, and completed RIBA Part 3 at the University of Westminster.
Adjaye Associates
Since establishing Adjaye Associates in 2000, Sir David Adjaye OBE has crafted a global team that is multicultural and stimulated by the broadest possible cultural discourse. The practice has studios in Accra, London, and New York and completed work in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Adjaye Associates’ most well-known commission to date is the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), opened in 2016 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The firm has received widespread recognition for its contributions to architecture. Most recently, Adjaye was announced the winner of the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. Personally approved by Her Majesty the Queen, the Royal Gold Medal is considered one of the highest honors in British architecture for one’s significant contribution to the field internationally. Adjaye is also the recipient of the World Economic Forum’s 27th Annual Crystal Award, which recognizes his “leadership in serving communities, cities and the environment”. For more information, visit our website www.adjaye.com, follow us on Instagram @adjayeassociates, Twitter @Adjayeassoc, and like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/AdjayeAssociates.