“A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.” IfsKnowsEnoughLevelsBuildingArchitectureRidiculous Author:David Chipperfield
“Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if it's good or bad but at least it's interesting, or at the behest of forces of commerce.” IfsFoundForceInterestingBallsArchitectureNot SureCommerce Author:David Chipperfield
“Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.” ArchitectureBritainLastingBargains Author:David Chipperfield
“I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.” YearsDesignInvestmentBritainCakeEngineeringUrbanCatalystRegenerationIcingIcing On The CakeUrban Design Author:David Chipperfield
“I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a PhD in comparative literature so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books which are wasted on me, plus a lot of novels and books on art and architecture shared by us both. Evelyn used to edit an art magazine called FMR, so we have a common interest in design.” ArtBookUsedLiteratureInterestCommonNovelWifeDesignMy WifeArchitectureMagazinesPlusEditsCommon InterestsComparative Literature Author:David Chipperfield
“I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?” ThinkingYearsMillionsCostArchitectureRadical Author:David Chipperfield
“I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.” IdeasActingLuxuryBrandsManagersExecutivesGoodsArchitectSuspiciousLuxury Goods Author:David Chipperfield
“It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.” DifficultDesignMoralityOneself Author:David Chipperfield
“We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or with history, or with ideas of any kind beyond the self-referential. What we call 'regeneration' is largely an excuse for building for maximum profit with a bit of sculptural design thrown in to catch the eye of the media.” KindIdeasSelfEyeBitsMediaDesignObjectsBuildingProfitExcuseDialogueBritainThrownMaximumRegeneration Author:David Chipperfield
“I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.” LittlesDesignDesignerIndustrial Design Author:David Chipperfield