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thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
I was browsing Europe on the web and ran across this nifty building. Do you know what that is? It is the Marbach Museum of Modern Literature, in Germany, part of the Deutschen Literaturarchivs Marbach. Built by David Chipperfield Architects, it is stated: The museum is located in Marbach’s scenic park, on top of a rock plateau [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
A Le Corbusier villa, David Chipperfield coffee cups, 1931 Citroën 2CV... in writing, the best works of design are just names and numbers. But assemble the objects in a room, and allow people to walk around them, and their timeless resonance can be felt immediately.
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NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Dellis Cay is a luxury resort on an island in the Turks & Caicos archipielago, with works from Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, among others.
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Life Without Buildings (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
[image via Dezeen] The Kivik Pavilion, in Österlen, Sweden — a collaboration between architect David Chipperfield and artist Antony Gormley. An elegant project by two of my favorites. [Dezeen] “With the increasing extension of the press…an increasing number of readers became writers – at first, occasional ones… And today there is hardly a gainfully employed European who [...]
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Archinect (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Zaha Hadid has begun redesigning the rundown industrial city of Kartal, Turkey ; Rem Koolhaas is designing Waterfront City, Dubai ; Daniel Libeskind is designing the downtown of Orestad , a five-kilometer-long urban area south of Copenhagen; David Chipperfield won a competition in March to create a plan for a new art and technology quarter in Segovia, Spain ; ... "We are seeing an emergence of a new...
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Material Interest (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Nice views: The idea behind architects David Chipperfield and Antony Gormley's just-opened pavilion at the Kivik Art Center is to allow visitors three different perspectives on the surrounding countryside (that'd be in Österlen, Sweden). Our recommendation: Head to the top...
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dezeen (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
David Chipperfield Architects and artist Antony Gormley have designed the 2008 pavilion for the Kivik Art Centre in Österlen, Sweden, which opens this week.
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architecture.mnp (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Let’s be real - these images of David Chipperfield’s competition winning design for a new gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris are pretty vague. That being said, I also thought that they were pretty feckin’ sick - and couldn’t help sharing them. Here’s some info on the project: HEC was founded in 1881 and is a business school affiliated to the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry....
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MoCo Loco (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
4 PM: Tour of the Bridge 8 complex Members of the press were treated to an off-site adventure this afternoon: a tour of Bridge 8, a mixed-use complex that includes offices for creative professionals—architecture firms SOM, Alsop, and David Chipperfield among them. A stunning piece of contemporary design, Bridge 8 is actually a savvy conversion of the former Shanghai Automobile factory, treated to...
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Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Yesterday I made an oblique reference to the quality of the University of Iowa Museum of Art's collection. Check out highlights from the museum's post-1900 European and American art or print collections. This is Jackson Pollock's 1943 Mural. In Davenport, Iowa, the new, David Chipperfield-designed Figge Art Museum has water on its doorstep. [ via ] PBS' NewsHour says that the UIMA collection has been...
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Archinect (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
the city council of kent is planning on suing snohetta to recoup design fees spent after the project nearly doubled from £30 million to £50 million. kcc spent nearly £6 million for the original proposal, which was scrapped due to skyrocketing prices and brought in david chipperfield to save face. full story
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Archinect (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Besting FOA, MVRDV, Dominique Perrault, Ferrater and others, David Chipperfield wins masterplanning competition for a new arts quarter featuring congress center, technology center, hotel and an art museum, total of 120,000 sq.meters. According to Chipperfield, the plan takes inspiration from the 8th c. walled city and it's narrow, lively streets...
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World Architecture News (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
On 27th March 2008, David Chipperfield Architects won an international design competition for the masterplan of a new art and technology quarter in Segovia, Spain. The quarter comprises a new congress centre, an art museum, a technology centre, a hotel, and business incubator office buildings. The masterplan totals over 120,000 square metres.The old city of Segovia, surrounded by 8th century walls,...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
Yes, and Chilean sea bass, too. Maybe it's time to reconsider Iowa.
