Quote by: David Chipperfield

It's unfortunate that a certain type of stripped-down classicism became the in-house architectural language for 20th-century fascism. Can an architectural language recover from such an association? Yes, I think it can, because in the end what you're talking about is a column and beam.


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Chipperfield
  • DescriptionEnglish architect
  • BornDecember 18, 1953
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionArchitect
  • AwardsStirling Prize; Royal Gold Medal; Grand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Praemium Imperiale