David Chipperfield's former staffers share their experiences working for the newest Pritzker winner
Following this week’s announcement of David Chipperfield as the 46th Pritzker Prize laureate, we reached out to several of his former employees that now run their own firms and studios in order to get their thoughts and recollections on working for the architect as younger designers. Chipperfield himself benefited greatly from his time in the offices of Richard Rogers and Norman Foster shortly after completing his studies at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and in advance of starting his practice later in 1985. Speaking to Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright after the win, Chipperfield said: “In both those offices, they were quite obsessive about doing more than you’re asked to do.” “My generation has always been about the product,” he added, “but I believe more than anything now that we need to focus on the process.” Read about his influence shared by his protégés as to if (and how) their experience at DCA influenced their current practice and stylistic sen...
Following this week’s announcement of David Chipperfield as the 46th Pritzker Prize laureate, we reached out to several of his former employees that now run their own firms and studios in order to get their thoughts and recollections on working for the architect as younger designers.
Chipperfield himself benefited greatly from his time in the offices of Richard Rogers and Norman Foster shortly after completing his studies at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and in advance of starting his practice later in 1985. Speaking to Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright after the win, Chipperfield said: “In both those offices, they were quite obsessive about doing more than you’re asked to do.”
“My generation has always been about the product,” he added, “but I believe more than anything now that we need to focus on the process.”
Read about his influence shared by his protégés as to if (and how) their experience at DCA influenced their current practice and stylistic sen...
