ArchWeek - David Chipperfield - Royal Gold Medal

[Kevin Matthews]

<i>Discussion related to this <a href="http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/">ArchitectureWeek</a> story, <a href="http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2010/1020/index.html"><b>David Chipperfield - Royal Gold Medal</b></a>:</i><br>
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[WalkerARCHITECTS]

David Chipperfield has a restrained, thoughtful style that captures both subtlety and sophistication in a simple expression of light and surface. The 2008 RIBA award for the BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay, Glasgow was an understated masterpiece of modernism. I am infatuated with the Neues Museum in Berlin and the Figge in Davenport, Iowa. Although I have not seen any of his building's in person, his refinement is clear and powerful and deserving of the honor bestowed upon him by RIBA.
TLW