Architect David Chipperfield speaks todat at UB
With offices in London, Berlin and Shanghai, David Chipperfield is engaged in the design of new civic buildings and housing in Europe, Asia and North America. He worked for Richard Rogers and Norman Foster before establishing his own practice and designed a series of showrooms for Dolce & Gabana, Joseph and Issey Miyake. He has gone on to win a series of significant international competitions and his scheme for the Henley River and Rowing Museum won numerous awards. He is currently working on the design of new museums throughout the world including several commissions in Berlin and four major projects in the United States. The Figge Museum in Iowa opened recently and a new library in Davenport will be completed this year. He was awarded the Tessenow Gold Medal in 1999 and held the Mies van der Rohe Chair at the Barcelona School of Architecture in 2001.
Thursday March 9th at 5:30 pm Room 301 Crosby Hall University at Buffalo Main Street Campus
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ex-pat
I went to his website. David appears to be very busy. I like his work converting the landmark American Radiator Building in NYC into a world class hotel (Bryant Park). If only we could recruit him to bring the Statler back to life.
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lou
Bring the Statler back to like...how about giving this guy the B-P museum and see his vision of modernism instead of the modern version of 1970s blank wall brutalism that the B-P gave us!
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peter
YES!!! exactly! Modern design is not the problem. Its these medicore crap designers that local public projects seem to attract. From the waterfront to the B-P art center. We need to bring in architects of Chipperfield's caliber to convince ourselves that amazing things can be done in a sensitive context, with a modern sensibility and a lean budget. Buffalo cannot play this game of catching up with other cities. We need to be diffrerent. We need to be a smart small unique city that is rich with culture!
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