Adjaye ‘stunned’ by Holocaust Memorial criticism

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-10-21T06:00:00

Architect rejects claim that a bad brief led to a poor scheme

David Adjaye has rejected criticism of his Holocaust Memorial which was levelled by one of the country’s most prominent architecture writers at a public inquiry.

The architect said he was stunned by Rowan Moore’s argument that a bad brief had led to a poor design.

Adjaye, who was named winner of the 2021 Royal Gold Medal last month, was giving evidence in the third week of a public inquiry into controversial plans for a memorial and subterranean education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Palace of Westminster.

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