You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived. David Chipperfield acceptbitfill Change image and share on social
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful. David Chipperfield anglearchitectbathroom share on social
I have always worked a bit with fashion people. I worked with Issey Miyake for a while, then Dolce & Gabbana; now we're working with Valentino. It's fine. The fashion world is a fairly weird world, but there are good people in it. It's weird because their timetables are unbearable. David Chipperfield bitedolcefairly share on social
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. David Chipperfield bilbaobritaincake share on social
In Britain, we've tended to replace the kind of architectural culture valued in much of Europe with an in-flight magazine lifestyle - all branding, marketing and 'accessibility', a word that usually means dumbing-down. David Chipperfield accessibilityarchitecturalbrand share on social
It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities. David Chipperfield designdifficultmorality Change image and share on social
It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens. David Chipperfield casualcreativedesk share on social
When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead a building project - to make the kind of big and costly decisions that, in Britain, have been handed over to project managers and cost-cutters. David Chipperfield americanarchitectbig share on social
I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods. David Chipperfield actarchitectbrand Change image and share on social
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. David Chipperfield 20tharchitecturalassociation share on social