Author: David Chipperfield

Quotes

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.

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.

- David Chipperfield

It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.

It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.

- David Chipperfield

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

- David Chipperfield

I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.

I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.

- David Chipperfield

I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.

I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.

- David Chipperfield

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

- David Chipperfield

Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant.

Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant.

- David Chipperfield

I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

- David Chipperfield

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

- David Chipperfield

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