David Chipperfield
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English architect (born 1953)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-12-18 ) 18 December 1953 (age 72) , London , England
- Alma mater
- Kingston University , Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Pritzker Architecture Prize RIBA Stirling Prize Royal Gold Medal Andrea Palladio Prize Tessenow Gold Medal
- Practice
- David Chipperfield Architects
- Projects
- Neues Museum , Berlin (1997–2009) Museum of Modern Literature , Marbach, Germany (2002–2008) America's Cup Building , Valencia, Spain (2005) The Hepworth Wakefield , Wakefield, UK (2003–2011) Turner Contemporary , Margate, UK (2006–2011) Museo Jumex , Mexico (2009–2013)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Unipol Dome
- Image
- David Chipperfield.JPG
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- Commons category
- David Chipperfield
- date of birth
- 1953-12-18
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- name in native language
- David Chipperfield
- birth name
- David Alan Chipperfield
- honorific prefix
- Sir
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir David Alan Chipperfield, CH, CBE, RA, RDI, RIBA, HRSA, (born 18 December 1953) is a British architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985, which grew into a global architectural practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai, and Santiago de Compostela.
In 2023, he won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered to be the most prestigious award in architecture. His major completed works include the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany; the Des Moines Public Library in Iowa; the Neues Museum and its adjoining James Simon Gallery, Berlin; The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Wakefield, West Yorkshire; the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri; and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City.
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