David Chipperfield

David Chipperfield’s James Simon Galerie in Berlin gears up for summer opening

Next summer will see the opening of a sixth building on Berlin’s Museum Island, and the first entirely new building there for almost a century. The James Simon Galerie is named after James Simon (1851-1932) who was one of the great patrons...

Architecture / 14 Sep 2018

David Chipperfield’s Nationalgalerie renovation in Berlin gathers speed

David Chipperfield’s office is pretty busy in the landmark department at present. Hot on the heels of the completion of a new entrance and accessories hall for the historic Selfridges building in Duke Street, London and with their new James-Simon-Galerie...

Architecture / 14 Sep 2018

Selfridge’s new Duke Street entrance by David Chipperfield Architects completes

Eagle-eyed shoppers might have already noticed a sleek new minimalist box on the Selfridges block in the heart of London; David Chipperfield’s new entrance scheme on Duke Street for the landmark department store has just been completed and opened to the public...

Architecture / 22 Jun 2018

David Chipperfield’s cubic Amorepacific headquarters are inaugurated in Seoul

When David Chipperfield was called to design a new headquarters for Asian skincare brand Amorepacific in Seoul, one of the primary concerns that emerged was creating a building with a strong identity; but one, which would be intrinsically connected to...

Architecture / 19 May 2018

Vicenza show salutes David Chipperfield Architects’ four studios

The newly opened ‘David Chipperfield Architects Works 2018’ show in Vicenza is neither a retrospective nor an architect’s vanity project. It is rather a multi-leveled and carefully orchestrated exhibition that celebrates the genius and talent of a single architect – David Chipperfield –...

Architecture / 16 May 2018

David Chipperfield takes stock with a monograph documenting 30 years of work

‘Architecture remains site-specific, not only in ideological terms, but above all in its locations,’ said Rik Nys, director of communications at David Chipperfield Architects, at the launch of the studio’s new monograph. Nys is the editor of the hefty tome designed by...

David Chipperfield inside the Royal Academy's Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries

Architecture / 10 May 2018

David Chipperfield opens up infinite possibilities with his extension for London’s Royal Academy of Arts

I remember standing in the dark outside 6 Burlington Gardens, escaping the hubbub of ‘Sensation’ at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA), five minutes’ walk and a world away. Peering out gloomily into the greyness of late 1997, the building...

Design / 3 May 2018

A David Chipperfield-designed New York residence hosts Radnor’s furniture launch

Since it was founded a little over two years ago, the fledgling furniture company Radnor has been hard at work creating a collection of accessible, yet well-made objects that celebrate handcraftsmanship and natural production processes. Founded by Susan Clark, Radnor began...

Fashion / 30 Apr 2018

David Chipperfield designs SSENSE’s first flagship store

SSENSE MONTRÉAL is a flagship boutique of firsts. Not only is the five-storey 13,000 sq ft space the first brick-and-mortar store of the avant-garde retail platform – founded in 2003 by brothers Rami, Bassel and Firas Atallah – it is also...

Architecture / 6 Feb 2018

Rolex protégé Simon Kretz on his thought experiment with mentor David Chipperfield

Every other year since 2002, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative has brought together leading artists, writers, architects, musicians, film-makers, theatre directors and other creative titans with early-career contenders. Past mentors include Magaret Atwood, David Hockney and Anish Kapoor...

Architecture / 4 Jan 2018

Lines men: architects Carmody Groarke redraw artist Julian Opie’s London studio

A first glimpse inside Julian Opie’s studio in Shoreditch, East London, does not reveal much about its recent architectural transformation. Its battered floorboards and hefty timber roof trusses could have been there for centuries. In fact, hardly anything in this...

Architecture / 27 Dec 2016

First light: for their debut project, a duo revamp a Belgravia townhouse

Business finance specialist Lawrence Salem and project manager Gabriel Chipperfield had been looking for some time for the perfect project to kickstart their joint property venture when they came across a Grade II-listed house on Eccleston Street in Belgravia, London...