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25 quotes by David Chipperfield

Sir David Alan Chipperfield CBE RA RDI RIBA (born 18 December 1953) is a British architect. David Chipperfield has been recognised for his work with an array of honours and awards including membership of the Royal Academy of Arts, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, a knighthood for services to architecture, and the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association in 2013. David Chipperfield Architects is a global...
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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... →

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If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are... →

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It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace... →

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The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

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I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects... →

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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 -... →

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Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

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I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.

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You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

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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... →

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I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.

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I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

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I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

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