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Feb 2022

23m 20s

David Adjaye

About this episode

Architect Sir David Adjaye fuses beautiful design with strong values in everything he creates. Now living in Ghana, in episode 22 of River Cafe Table 4, David talks with Ruthie about how food intimately connects him to the projects he works on, and what it means to him as both a father and a citizen of the world.

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