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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.

Photo credit:
© 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

The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Photo credit:
© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto

Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Photo credit:
Scott Norsworthy

Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Photo credit:
Scott Norsworthy

Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Photo credit:
Scott Norsworthy

Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Photo credit:
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.

Photo credit:
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.

Photo credit:
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.

Photo credit:
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

Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

While the crisp white walls and charcoal grey door frames and partitions introduce a bolder graphic quality to the building’s interior, brightly coloure light fixtures introduce a degree of playfulness to the Lokaal workspace.

Photo credit:
Scott Norsworthy