Sir David Chipperfield has been chosen to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023

The Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is regarded as the highest honour in architecture on a global scale, has chosen Sir David Alan Chipperfield as its 2023 laureate.

The 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Sir David Alan Chipperfield, a civic architect, urban planner, and activist, has been chosen as the 2023 Laureate of The Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize that is widely regarded as the highest honour in architecture. The illustrious career of Chipperfield spans more than 40 years and includes more than 100 projects, from homes to urban masterplanning in Asia, Europe, and North America to civic, cultural, and academic buildings. His built works, which span more than four decades, are diverse in both typology and geography, with more than 100 projects including residences, urban masterplanning, and civic, cultural, and academic buildings all over Asia, Europe, and Nort\

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Who is Sir David Alan Chipperfield?

Sir David Alan Chipperfield, winner of the Pritzker Prize, was born in London in 1953 and grew up on a farm in Devon, in the south-west of England. He has stated that the array of barns and outbuildings on the farm are the source of his earliest memories of architecture, which made him feel nostalgic. Following his graduation from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1980 and the Kingston School of Art in 1976, David Chipperfield worked for Douglas Stephen, the late Richard Rogers, a 2007 Pritzker Prize laureate, and Norman Foster before establishing David Chipperfield Architects in London in 1985.

His well-known works—some of which are shown below—include:–

• River and Rowing Museum (Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom, 1997)
• BBC Scotland headquarters (Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2007)
• Turner Contemporary (Margate, United Kingdom, 2011)
• Campus Saint Louis Art Museum (Missouri, United States of America, 2013)
• Museo Jumex (Mexico City, Mexico, 2013)
• One Pancras Square (London, United Kingdom, 2013)Royal Academy of Arts masterplan (London, United Kingdom, 2018)
• Hoxton Press (London, United Kingdom, 2018)
• Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland, 2020)
• About the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The annual award, which was established by the Hyatt Foundation in 1979, recognises architects whose built work exhibits a talent, vision, and dedication. Francis Kéré, the first black architect to win the award, did so in 2018, while Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal were recognised in 2021 for their joint practise.

What is Chipperfield famous for?

An international architectural firm, David Chipperfield Architects has locations in London, Berlin, Milan, and Shanghai. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, regarded as the highest honour in architecture, in 2023.