Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
Seeing architecture differently from the way you see the rest of life is a bit weird. I believe one should be consistent… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
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… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
Often, architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It's like we're actors let loose on a stage, all… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conservationists,… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
Seeing architecture differently from the way you see the rest of life is a bit weird. I believe one should be consistent in all… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods. — David Chipperfield Copy Share
I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer. — David Chipperfield Copy Share
We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or with history,… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
In Britain, we've tended to replace the kind of architectural culture valued in much of Europe with an in-flight magazine lifestyle - all branding,… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
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… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity. — David Chipperfield Copy Share
It's unfortunate that a certain type of stripped-down classicism became the in-house architectural language for 20th-century fascism. Can an architectural language recover from such… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
The quality of the Neues Museum's construction is extraordinary even by German standards, and people can smell that quality. The concept would not have… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead… — David Chipperfield Copy Share
The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it. — David Chipperfield Copy Share
