British architect David Chipperfield was born in London in 1953 and studied at Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association. After working with Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, he established David Chipperfield Architects in the mid-1980s; the practice now has offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai and Santiago de Compostela.
Chipperfield is renowned for calm, rigorous buildings with a deep respect for history and context. His restoration of Berlin’s Neues Museum, completed in 2009, is regarded as a landmark of conservation, joined by the James-Simon-Galerie in Berlin, Turner Contemporary in Margate and the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice. His design work shares that restraint: the Moka espresso maker for Alessi, a bookshelf for Riva 1920 and lighting with Viabizzuno, including the Royal and dca ranges.
Knighted in 2010, Chipperfield received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023. His legacy is an architecture of quiet permanence, and a commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
Sir David Chipperfield is a British architect, born in London in 1953, who founded David Chipperfield Architects in the mid-1980s and won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023.
David Chipperfield is known for buildings such as the Neues Museum and James-Simon-Galerie in Berlin and Turner Contemporary in Margate, and for design work with Alessi, Viabizzuno and Riva 1920.
David Chipperfield’s legacy is an architecture of quiet permanence that respects history and context, recognised by a knighthood in 2010 and the Pritzker Prize in 2023.
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