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David Chipperfield, one of the most important architects at work in the world today, is known for his subtle and sophisticated buildings. This book, published to accompany the major exhibition at Londons Design Museum, spans his entire career to date, examining a range of projects through new and archive models, sketches, drawings, photographs and film. Among the featured projects are the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, the HepworthWakefield Gallery, the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany (winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture 2007), and the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Purchasers beware, this is a catalogue to Chipperfield's 2009 exhibition at the Design Museum, London, not a detailed book profiling his work, as I was expecting. As such, the price of 25 pounds is a bit steep and I felt rather cheated. Extremely brief descriptions of projects, mostly accompanied by one photo or sketch of each project and very few plans. Three or four short, informative essays by Chipperfield were the only saving grace of this disappointing little tome.
This man is such a talent and a decent book reviewing his work is long overdue, but please not from this publisher.
This man is such a talent and a decent book reviewing his work is long overdue, but please not from this publisher.
David Chipperfield, one of the world's leading architects, is known for his subtle and sophisticated buildings. This book spans his entire career to date, examining a range of projects through new and archive models, sketches, drawings, and photographs.
We get to see the vast range of buildings designed by David Chipperfield; law courts, museums, art galleries, television studios, housing, the list goes on. Among the featured projects are the Turner Contemporary in Margate, the Hepworth Wakefield, and the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin (winner of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture 2011).
There are short essays by David Chipperfield introducing each section. The essays help give us some insight into his design philosophy; buildings are reduced to their key elements and a few materials, the forms are carefully developed over time. The essays cover form, composition, language and materiality. David Chipperfield is clearly as accomplished at writing about architecture as he is at designing buildings.
The book was originally published for an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, and is the best survey of his work to date.
We get to see the vast range of buildings designed by David Chipperfield; law courts, museums, art galleries, television studios, housing, the list goes on. Among the featured projects are the Turner Contemporary in Margate, the Hepworth Wakefield, and the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin (winner of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture 2011).
There are short essays by David Chipperfield introducing each section. The essays help give us some insight into his design philosophy; buildings are reduced to their key elements and a few materials, the forms are carefully developed over time. The essays cover form, composition, language and materiality. David Chipperfield is clearly as accomplished at writing about architecture as he is at designing buildings.
The book was originally published for an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, and is the best survey of his work to date.
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