The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The ebb and flow of water at the Tide Tribute reveals and conceals figures that represent enslaved Africans lying close together on the lower decks of a slave ship.
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© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
A stainless steel band signifying the original edge of Gadsden’s Wharf is engraved with the names of ports of departure and arrival.
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© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The garden draws inspiration from the tapestry of the low-country landscape and the wide-reaching heritage of the African diaspora.
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© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The Stele Garden along the north side of the museum
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© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Five kneeling concrete figures set between two polished granite walls are a haunting reminder of the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the transatlantic slave trade.
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© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Visitors ascend a monumental stair, drawn into the museum through a luminous atrium at the center of the building.
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© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Transatlantic Gallery at the entry point to the east wing
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© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
South Carolina Connections gallery in the east wing, with entry atrium beyond
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© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Center for Family History at the west end of the museum
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© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Dune Garden and west facade of the museum
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© Mike Habat
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The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Views of the angular Baltic birch staircase upon entry. A gradient of reddish hues provides a colourful journey to the building’s upper floors, transforming an economic material and setting the tone for the building’s interior character.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
A custom Baltic birch pegboard panel on thefirst floor landing not only provides a director for the businesses in the building, but double as a thriving green wall populated wit lush plants in fragrant cedar boxes - welcome therapy, especially during the cold winter months.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Pops of colour add a playful vibrancy to the soft material palette of wood, greys and whites.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The Baltic Birch stairs ascend past the second floor home of Lokaal, a coworking space for creative minds. A pleated felt wall by local artist Kathryn Walter of Felt Studio provides a unique welcome to a creative space.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
With the goal of providing an appealingand engaging shared space for entrepreneurs, Lokaal’s interior combines the building’s original features, such as the existing red brick walls, with a distinctive Scandinavian aesthetic.
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Scott Norsworthy
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