{"id":3020,"date":"2016-08-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/turning-buildings-into-beats\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T21:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T01:47:24","slug":"turning-buildings-into-beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/turning-buildings-into-beats\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Buildings Into Beats: David Adjaye and His Brother Create \u201cSound Architecture\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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British architect David Adjaye<\/a> grew up collecting vinyl records and DJing in his youth, first delving into jazz fusion, then electronic music and finally conceptual music. As the story goes, over the years his younger brother Peter listened to his records and then worked as a DJ in clubs in his 20s after he received his degree in mathematical engineering. Eventually, Peter donned the name AJ Kwame and became a part of the scene that started the British electronic music movement.<\/p>\n

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The beautiful gatefold 180-gram vinyl features a hand-drawn image of a sound journey on the cover by David Adjaye.<\/i>Photo courtesy of David Adjaye and Peter Adjaye; \u201cDialogues,\u201d released by The Vinyl Factory<\/a>, 2016<\/i><\/p>\n

The result? A brotherly collaboration released this month in the form of a limited-edition vinyl album with 10 tracks. Each track on \u201cDialogues,\u201d produced by The Vinyl Factory and Music for Architecture, features one of David\u2019s built projects. Using architecture as a narrative, Adjaye\u2019s brother turns his buildings into beats, transcending mere visual experience in the form of an audiovisual, multi-sensory soundscape. Composed over the past 15 years, their sonic collaborations include projects from around the world, from the Genesis Pavilion<\/a> \u2014 created for Design Miami 2011 \u2014 to Oslo\u2019s Nobel Peace Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat Peter does is \u2018sound architecture,\u2019\u201d explains David Adjaye. \u201cI give Peter a project and ask him to react. Architecture is a narrative. This project is like a DNA experiment. There\u2019s a construction.\u201d<\/i>Photo courtesy of David Adjaye and Peter Adjaye; \u201cDialogues,\u201d released by The Vinyl Factory<\/a>, 2016<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>Beyond reviewing the creative relationship between David and Peter, the project examines the concept of experiencing space through all of the senses. The album investigates the profound link between the human experience of the built environment and musical association and affect. This connection has been explored and commented on, from medieval architects through to Renaissance designers throughout history. \u201cDialogues\u201d looks to reestablish and propagate this link between the two disciplines.<\/p>\n

Because each track is a direct response to one of David\u2019s buildings, Peter supplied detailed written statements that accompany each track. As a sneak peek, check out a few of the tracks explored in a bit more depth below:<\/p>\n

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Photos via Olafur Eliasson<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n