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Sir David Adjaye OBE will lecture on April 15 in the auditorium of the Student Union located at 1502 Cumberland Avenue on UT\u2019s campus.\u00a0 It begins at 5:50 p.m., and doors open at 5:30 p.m.\u00a0 The lecture is sponsored by General Shale<\/a> and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n Free parking is available beginning at 5 p.m. in the White Avenue parking garage, 1621 White Avenue.\u00a0 Download the parking and route map.<\/a><\/p>\n Adjaye\u2019s lecture, Thinking Through Architecture<\/em>, will explore the evolution of his architecture, thread together his pioneering projects by sharing their wider contextual narratives and discuss the capacity to think critically about social issues through the process of making architecture.<\/p>\n Adjaye is recognized as a leading architect of his generation. 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