AWARD WINNING DESIGNS

Chipperfield is currently working on a renovation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Southwest Wing in New York City, as well as projects in Stockholm, Venice and Moscow. His award-winning designs include the River and Rowing Museum, in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (left) and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City (right).

front and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,”

Ciutat De Justic A

The Ciutat de la Justíca masterfully unites the legal courts of Barcelona and L’Hospitalet, consolidating what were once 17 buildings across the two cities into a mere eight buildings, situated in a bright public plaza. Chipperfield has injected colour and dynamism into his design - the pink, green, yellow and blue buildings vary in volume and none of the buildings stand parallel to one another - contesting the visually monolithic tradition of legal buildings.

said Chairman Tom Pritzker, at the ceremony in Greece in May. A climate change and social inequality activist, Chipperfield’s buildings are known for restraint in design and in materials.

He makes preserving ‘place-hood’ a top priority in his work, using locally sourced materials and paying homage to the natural and architectural landscapes of their locations. Chipperfield, who founded his London-based practice in 1985, is not just the visionary behind Veles e Vents, which was built for the America’s Cup and is a brilliant visual link between the Med and the city of Valencia.

He also designed the amazing Ciutat de la Justícia in Barcelona, a colourful eight building complex of the legal courts of the Barcelona and L’Hospitalet governments. It is not just Chipperfield’s designs which find a home in Spain.

Since 1995, the architect has savoured bayside views from a striking holiday home up in Galicia (pictured right).

In the unostentatious fishing village of Corrubedo, the home blends a modernist style into an ordinary terrace beside a harbour.

As with the Galicia home, it is ingenuity, rather than a distinctly Chipperfield style, that imbues his body of work with lasting elegance. “We know that, as architects, we can have a more prominent and engaged role in creating not only a more beautiful world but a fairer and more sustainable one too,” Chipperfield said at the ceremony in Athens.

“We must rise to this challenge and help inspire the next generation to embrace this responsibility with vision and courage.”

Epitome Of Cool

Veles E Vents

Built for the America’s Cup, it is a visual link between the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Valencia. Designed by David Chipperfield and Fermin Vazquez with a simple, minimalist style, the building is 25m high and has a surface area of 10,500 m2; the incorporation of horizontal platforms provides shade for the terraces, from which visitors can enjoy marvellous views not only over the marina and beaches, but over the entire city itself.