David Chipperfield Architects
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 14. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-500-29454-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sir David Chipperfield is of one of Britain's leading architects. Renowned for his quiet and thoughtful style, he has a huge international reputation and has created works in China, Japan, Italy, USA, Spain and Germany.
Chipperfield produces sophisticated buildings, from museums to homes, with an acute sensitivity for materials and a powerful awareness of their environment. This revised and expanded book presents projects spanning Chipperfield's entire career. Each has a project profile, many accompanied by specially commissioned photographs, along with a complete project chronology. Among the featured works are the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, the Neues Museum Berlin, BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay, The Hepworth Wakefield, Turner Contemporary Margate, Naga Museum Sudan and Fayland House. This new edition includes 34 new projects, including One Pancras Square and the Royal Academy extension.
Chipperfield produces sophisticated buildings, from museums to homes, with an acute sensitivity for materials and a powerful awareness of their environment. This revised and expanded book presents projects spanning Chipperfield's entire career. Each has a project profile, many accompanied by specially commissioned photographs, along with a complete project chronology. Among the featured works are the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, the Neues Museum Berlin, BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay, The Hepworth Wakefield, Turner Contemporary Margate, Naga Museum Sudan and Fayland House. This new edition includes 34 new projects, including One Pancras Square and the Royal Academy extension.
Reviews / Votes
'This monograph reaches superior status through its incredibly restrained and evenly-paced formatting that glides across the whole volume. It flows like a scroll' - Wallpaper*More details
Edition
Revised
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Dimensions
Height: 320 mm
Width: 250 mm
Weight
2430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-29454-3 (9780500294543)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/2013
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€81.84
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Content
Sixty projects, 34 new to this edition: Villa Eden; private studio in Berlin; private house in Zurich; private house in Seoul; One Kensington Gardens; Hoxton Press; Morland Mixite Capitale; Office building Moganshan Road; Company headquarters in Paderborn; 30 Grosvenor Square; The Bryant; Valentino flagship store Fifth Avenue; Valentino flagship store Old Bond Street; SSENSE; Brioni boutique Madison Avenue; Inagawa Cemetery chapel and visitor centre; Procuratie Vecchie; Opera and ballet theatre in Perm; West Bund Art Museum; Zhejiang Museum of Natural History; Royal Academy of Arts; Neue Nationalgalerie; Mughal Museum; MUDEC 'Museo delle Culture'; Carmen Wuerth Forum; San Michele Cemetery; Cafe Royal; One Pancras Square; and Westkaai towers.