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 ideas of any kind beyond the self-referential. What we call 'regeneration' is largely an… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
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 it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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 sure if… — 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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
