David Adjaye has been presented with the 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture at a ceremony in Accra, watched by a global audience online.

The medal was presented by Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, on behalf of the Queen at the British High Commission in Accra.

Four presidents, three Pritzker Prize winners, two Gold Medallists and a rock star were among those who paid tribute to the Ghanaian-British architect, the first black recipient of the award and, at 54, the youngest since Patty Hopkins in 1994.

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