2023 Pritzker Prize Laureate: Sir David Chipperfield

[View it in your browser]( [ArchDaily logo] Breaking News 7 March, 2023 Sir David Chipperfield Selected as the 2023 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Architecture’s [highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize]( has named [Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH]( as laureate of its 2023 edition. “Embracing the preexisting, designing and intervening in dialogue with time and place”, while creating “structures able to last, physically and culturally”, as the official statement of the award explains, David Chipperfield is the 52nd winner of the award founded in 1979, succeeding [Francis Kéré in 2022]( and A[nne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal in 2021](. The [45th Pritzker Prize]( ceremony, honoring David Chipperfield will be held in Athens, Greece this May. Leading [offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai, and Santiago de Compostela]( the 2023 laureate is a civic architect, urban planner, and activist, with an extensive body of built projects that includes over one hundred works, spanning over four decades, covering 3 continents, and comprising different typologies. Recognized for his “subtle yet powerful, subdued yet elegant” approach, as well as his “commitment to an architecture of understated but transformative civic presence […] done always with austerity, avoiding unnecessary moves and steering clear of trends and fashions”, Chipperfield was knighted for his service to the world of architecture in 2010, received the [RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2011]( the [European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture—the Mies van der Rohe Award]( and [curated the 13th Biennale Architettura in 2012](. [SEE MORE »]( "I am so overwhelmed to receive this extraordinary honor and to be associated with the previous recipients who have all given so much inspiration to the profession […] I take this award as an encouragement to continue to direct my attention not only to the substance of architecture and its meaning but also to the contribution that we can make as architects to address the existential challenges of climate change and societal inequality. 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. We must rise to this challenge and help inspire the next generation to embrace this responsibility with vision and courage." - David Chipperfield, 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner. Seeking to serve society with every project, even in private commissions, “he bestows unto society the opportunity for coexistence and communion, protecting individuality while fostering a societal sense of belonging”, according to the jury. For [America’s Cup Building ‘Veles e Vents’ (Valencia, Spain 2006)]( the acclaimed architect imagined an exterior space that exceeds the interior areas, a first-floor open retail space, and an accessible deck with a ramp linked to the public park. Moreover, through the [Morland Mixité Capitale]( (Paris, France, 2022), a restoration and addition project, Chipperfield aimed to revitalize the neighborhood. He also took this opportunity to create inviting spaces for everyone to gather and to use as visual and physical passageways to the Seine River from the Boulevard Morland. His design for the [headquarters for Amorepacific (Seoul, South Korea, 2017)]( harmonized between individual and collective, encouraging a rapport between the building’s occupants, its neighbors, and observers. At the [Inagawa Cemetery Chapel and Visitor Center]( Japan, 2017), it was about generating interconnected expressions between the physical and spiritual, between places of solitude and gathering. “Designing isn’t coming up with colors and shapes. It’s about developing a series of questions and ideas which have a certain rigor and consequence to them,” explains the 2023 Pritzker Prize Laureate about his architectural understanding. “A fruition of cultural diversity”, the work of David Chipperfield “unifies European classicism, the complex nature of Britain, and even the delicateness of Japan”, according to the 2023 Citation. Other significant works by David Chipperfield include the [BBC Scotland headquarters]( (Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2007), [Turner Contemporary]( (Margate, United Kingdom, 2011), [Campus Saint Louis Art Museum]( (Missouri, United States of America, 2013), [Campus Joachimstraße]( (Berlin, Germany, 2013), [Museo Jumex]( City, Mexico, 2013), [One Pancras Square]( (London, United Kingdom, 2013), [Royal Academy of Arts masterplan]( United Kingdom, 2018), [Hoxton Press]( (London, United Kingdom, 2018), and [Kunsthaus Zürich]( (Zurich, Switzerland, 2020). Some of Chipperfield’s ongoing projects include the very recent [National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece]( the [2026 Winter Olympics Arena in Milan]( and [restoration plans for the Grand Hotel in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.]( Projects: 1. The Hepworth Wakefield. Image © Iwan Baan 2. James-Simon-Galerie. Image © Simon Menges 3. Morland Mixité. Image © Simon Menges 4. Turner Contemporary. 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