There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care how a building looks if it means something, not to architects, but to the people who use it.
A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. I… - David Chipperfield
A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. I…
- David Chipperfield
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would r… - David Chipperfield
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would r…
I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain … - David Chipperfield
I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain …
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? - David Chipperfield
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?
We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or with history, or with… - David Chipperfield
We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or with history, or with…
There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care how a building looks if it means s… - David Chipperfield
There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care how a building looks if it means s…
I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conserva… - David Chipperfield
I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conserva…
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a PhD in comparative literature so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books whic… - David Chipperfield
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a PhD in comparative literature so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books whic…
Often architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It’s like we’re actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our parts at … - David Chipperfield
Often architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It’s like we’re actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our parts at …
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