By Karissa Rosenfield

On Tuesday, the Barack Obama Foundation is expected to officially announce its decision to build Obama’s presidential library and museum in Chicago. With two sites under consideration – Washington Park or Jackson Park – speculation has now shifted towards the architect. Who will design the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum?

Will it be David Adjaye, the London-based, Tanzanian-born architect who designed the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (which will complete next year)? Or how about one of the city’s leading architects: Jeanne Gang, Helmut Jahn, Ralph Johnson or John Ronan? Perhaps it will be Philip Freelon; as the Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin points out, Obama made a recent visit to a library he designed in Washington DC. Some are even considering Renzo Piano; Michelle Obama seemed to have a deep appreciation for his newly constructed Whitney Museum when she spoke at its dedication ceremony a few weeks back.

With all this to bear in mind, who do you think will design the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum? Answer a poll after the break.

Tell us in the comment section below if you think it will be someone else who wasn’t mentioned.

Reference: The Chicago Tribune

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