Kunle Adeyemi

Kunlé Adeyemi is an architect, designer, and urban researcher. He is the founder/principal of NLÉ and 2017 Aga Khan Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His notable works include ‘Makoko Floating School’, an innovative prototype floating structure located on the lagoon heart of Lagos, Nigeria. This acclaimed project is part of an extensive research project – ‘African Water Cities’ – being developed by NLÉ an architecture, design, and urbanism practice founded by Adeyemi in 2010, focusing on developing cities and communities.

Before founding NLÉ, Adeyemi worked for OMA, where he led the design, development, and execution of high profile projects such as the Shenzhen Stock Exchange tower in China, the Qatar Foundation Headquarters, Qatar National Library, and Prada Transformer in Seoul.
Adeyemi holds an honorary doctorate degree in Architecture from Hasselt University, Belgium. He has taught at Cornell University and was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, researching architecture and urban solutions that are closer to societal, environmental and economic needs.

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Name: Kunlé Adeyemi
Category: Architect
Country: Nigeria
Website: www.nleworks.com