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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Museum of Modern Literature, 2007, Germany In 2007, David Chipperfield Architects won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Museum of Modern Literature at Marbach am Neckar in Germany. Opened in 2009, it sits at the border of Barcelona and l'Hospitalet to unify their government's legal departments in one place.

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La Seine Musicale is "a symbol with meaning and function" says Shigeru Ban

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The musical facility is located on the Ile Seguin island near Paris's western suburbs, occupying a third of French architect Jean Nouvel 's mixed-use masterplan of the island. Plans to rejuvenate the area were firsts drawn up in 2009 by Nouvel. My strategy is making a symbol with some meaning and function."

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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Fairham continues: “Our award-winning projects range from the masterplanning of entire cities to the design of interiors and building components. BDP wins Kuwait Masterplan. BDP has been challenged to create a sustainable masterplan for Salmiya district to keep it car-friendly, but also flexible for future growth. 11 Feb 2011.

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Capital Ctr. Build-Out, cont.

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The brief passage of elegance represented in the photo above had passed, and was replaced by the ogres that arose between 2005-2009, described below following my (true) dream sequence. Image of Femopolis represents my dream sequence of Quinlan Terry masterplanning Waterplace and its vicinity. Maybe that is why nothing happened.

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David Alan Chipperfield announced as Pritzker Architecture Laureate 2023

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James-Simon-Galerie, photo courtesy of Simon Menges In renovative works, his precision is imbued with historical acumen, informing his vision to invariably redeem original design and structure rather than supplant it wholly with modern architecture. Cities are historical records, and architecture after a certain moment is a historical record.

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St. Petersburg Gorskaya Territory Competition

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I would like the city’s economy to get a new boost from the results of our work and for a modern comfortable urban environment to be created for the city’s residents,” said Gennady Korupyatnik, CEO of Megaline LLC. Promotion of ‘green’ construction has been one of our main tasks since 2009. image courtesy of architects.

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David Chipperfield is the 2023 Pritzker Prize winner

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The Neues Museum, courtesy of SPK / David Chipperfield Architects, photo Joerg von Bruchhausen Chipperfield's work spans over four decades with over one hundred projects ranging from civic, cultural, and academic buildings to residences and urban masterplanning throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.