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"  When it comes to real estate, it&amp;#039;s all about location, location, location. That&amp;#039;s a factor it&amp;#039;s safe to say the Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian Institution&amp;#039;s newest entity, has down on lock.  It&amp;#039;s likely to be the last museum constructed on D.C.&amp;#039;s National Mall and \u2013 considering plans for the museum have been in the works for more than 100 years \u2013 all eyes are on architect David Adjaye as the space prepares to open September 24.   &amp;quot;I envision it [the museum] as a human posture,&amp;quot; Adjaye told Smithsonian.com in 2012. &amp;quot;The form of the building suggests a very upward mobility. It&amp;#039;s a ziggurat that moves upward into the sky, rather than downward into the ground.&amp;quot; The zig-zag silhouette is based on Yoruba tribal motifs, and it&amp;#039;s important to note that the structure appears to hover above the ground \u2013 Adjaye&amp;#039;s nod to the way that African-Americans have overcome obstacles in this country, lifting up America with their sacrifices in the process.   Then there are the metal panels of the building itself, which Washington City Paper reports are inspired by 19th-century artisans&amp;#039; decorative ironwork. In fact, Adjaye told Vogue.com that the panels reference the transition freed slaves made to professional guilds \u2013 in particular, the ironworking guilds of Charleston and New Orleans.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve tried to make every decision here have some history,&amp;quot; Adjaye said. Point made.  h/t: Washington City Paper  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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