David Chipperfield Architects

70th birthday

The British architect turns 70 today. The Detail team congratulates him on his birthday.

Pritzker Prize 2023

British architect David Chipperfield has won the 2023 Pritzker Prize for Architecture. The Detail team would like to congratulate Chipperfield and his international team for this well-earned distinction.

Metropolitan eclecticism

In a collaboration involving David Chipperfield Architects and Kromayer Interior, two old buildings and one new structure have become a design hotel with 93 rooms, a gourmet restaurant and a bar in direct proximity to Unter den Linden.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

David Chipperfield Architects Berlin have won the competition to expand the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Best of 2022

Our readers were particularly enthusiastic about the following three contributions.

Best of 2022

At the end of the year, we present three buildings in existing stock that have convinced our editorial team in every respect.

Cube clad in natural stone

David Chipperfield Architects' extension has doubled Kunsthaus Zürich in terms of area, making it the largest art museum in Switzerland.

A sensitive extension

An atmospheric, tightly woven architecture film invites viewers on a voyage of discovery through David Chipperfield’s new building for the Kunsthaus Zürich.

Eleven winners and three special awards

For the first time in two years, the German Lighting Design Awards have again been conferred in person.

Publication launch

The third edition of the monograph on David Chipperfield Architects has been expanded with documentations on current projects.

On the banks of the Seine

Redesign instead of demolition: the new Moreland Mixité project by David Chipperfield Architects demonstrates the full potential of a resource-saving building upgrade.

BIM strategies in architectural offices

Simon Wiesmaier of David Chipperfield Architects Berlin states that BIM drives connectedness − even beyond the limits of the office and project.

Project completion

A venerable frame for a painstaking renovation: even after the restoration, the Procuratie Vecchie will preserve the face of the Piazza San Marco.

A digitally planned landmark

Once completed, the Elbtower will set an exclamation mark into the east end of Hamburg’s HafenCity. In planning the tower, David Chipperfield Architects combined parametric tools with a BIM model right from the start.

Lighting concept

The new extension by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin sets an urban accent in the center of Zurich.

In 2006, on a rise above the banks of the Neckar, Chipperfield Architects created a timeless home for extremely sensitive cultural objects.

After about five years, the extensive restoration of the Neue Nationalgalerie by Berlin’s David Chipperfield Architects is complete.

Vom Kloster zum Firmensitz

In the Old Town of Paderborn, David Chipperfield Architects of Berlin have transformed the former St. Vincenz state-run hospital into Jacoby Studios.