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Adjaye Associates with Daniel Boyd

Built on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation

Sydney’s George Street Plaza constitutes a place and a moment “in between.” In the July 2022 issue of , titled “Dindarra/Between,” guest editor Michael Mossman relates the word Dindarra (the Kuku Yalaji word for “between”) to “the Third Space – the space and moment between interacting cultures in our contemporary cultural landscapes.”1 Designed by Ghanaian-British Architect David Adjaye, in collaboration with First Nations Australian artist Daniel Boyd, the George Street Plaza sits in between cultures. It also sits between moments in time, marking a distinct philosophical shift, especially in Australia, from a period that celebrated the “hero” architect, building, view, to one that seeks to decentralize the architect and their architecture. This new perspective envisages architecture as an opportunity to support shifting

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