2009 NEWS
- Tarheel of the Year: Phil Freelon (by News&Observer)
- Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup awarded design of Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC
- FREELON and partner HOK to design Civil Rights Museum in Atlanta
- Freelon Adjaye Bond team selected to participate in Design Competition for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC
- Philip Freelon, FAIA awarded 2009 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture