Sir David Chipperfield is the latest winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The British architect is known for his crisp, understated, elegant work..
America's Cup Building — or the"Veles e Vents" building — in Valencia, Spain, was completed in 11 months to host the America's Cup sailing competition in 2007.Christian Richters/The Pritzker Architecture Prize
."It's also a building that's very simple and precise," she told NPR."It isn't something that comes at you all at once but something that's very measured. And I think that kind of exactitude describes Chipperfield's practice.
Chipperfield preserved the remnants as part of the design."That was an incredibly controversial decision and it put me in dialogue, let's say, with the citizens of Berlin," he explained. The process was, he said, an example of the collaborative effort Chipperfield sees as central to his practice. Berlin is also home to huge, spare Neue National built by Mies Van Der Rohe in 1968, which Chipperfield lovingly renovated decades later.
The world is filled with hideous modern architecture, Chipperfield acknowledged during a 2011 TedX talk."No wonder you hate us," he said, showing a slide of a gloomy, grey Holiday Inn standing, he said, mere meters from his home."This is appalling.
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