The award-winning architect David Chipperfield trained at the Architectural Association in London and worked for Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster before establishing his own firm, David Chipperfield Architects in 1984, which opened an office in Tokyo in 1987. He has since undertaken work in Europe, Japan and the USA with commissions ranging from furniture and interiors to buildings and large-scale urban projects. David was a founder member of 9H Gallery and was a Trustee of the Architecture Foundation between 1992 and 1997. He taught and lectured widely and has been Visiting Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, The University of Graaz, The University of Naples, The Royal College of Art, London and The Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne. His recent retrospective celebrated twenty years of the David Chipperfield Studio, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy.
RIBA Regional Award, 2003
Stiring Prize shortlist, 2002
RIBA Architecture in Arts and Leisure Award, 1999
Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year, 1999
Stirling Prize, Shortlisted, 1999
Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal, 1999
Best Building Award, 1999
Mies van der Rohe Award, Shorlist, 1999
Civic Trust Award, 1999
RIBA Regional Award, 1998
AIA Award (UK), 1998
RIBA Award, 1995
Andrea Palladio Award, 1993
Pantone Colour Award, 1991
British Design and Art Direction Award, 1991
Italstat Europ Awards, Honorary Mention, 1991
Financial Times Architecture at Work Award, Commendation, 1991
Andrea Palladio Award, Second Prize, 1991