PLUS to DETAIL-Issue 6/2011 | Page 698

Since recently the former seaside resort Margate has owned a museum which is modestly designed, skilfully structured and carefully considered. The light reveals the quality of the building. David Chipperfield was interviewed by The Guardian about building responsibly in a local context.

PLUS zu DETAIL English Edition 5/2010 | Page 448

An ensemble of historic buildings now known as the Rockbund Project reflects the diversity of Shanghai’s colonial architecture. By restoring the existing buildings and planning new structures, a team of international architects is helping to revitalize the area, which is to include office complexes, hotels, retail buildings and apartments. David Chipperfield Architects has been commissioned with the restoration and conversion of 11 buildings.

As one of the European Capitals of Culture 2010, the Ruhr area is currently presenting to the world its transformation from a region legendarily associated with the coal and steel industries to a modern, decentralized urban area with an emphasis on cultural and service activities. With quite different concepts and appearances, three new museums by HG Merz, David Chipperfield and Benthem Crouwel illustrate this process.

Plus to DETAIL-Issue 3/2010 | Page 230

As one of the European Capitals of Culture 2010, the Ruhr area is currently presenting to the world its transformation from a region legendarily associated with the coal and steel industries to a modern, decentralized urban area with an emphasis on cultural and service activities. With quite different concepts and appearances, three new museums by HG Merz, David Chipperfield and Benthem Crouwel illustrate this process.

An exhibition of David Chipperfield Architects’ work, spanning the last 25 years, will be presented by the Design Museum, London from 21 October 2009 – 31 January 2010.

After five years of design and construction work, the Liangzhu Culture Museum has been opened. The scheme is part of a wider project to create a new town, the Liangzhu Cultural Village, and was developed with ZTUDI, the Architectural Design and Research Institute at Zhejiang University of Technology.

An exhibition of drawings and models from David Chipperfield Architects’ Neues Museum project in the Soane Gallery from 20 June to 6 September 2008.

David Chipperfield Architects have completed the design for a $125 million expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum, presented on 5 November 2007. The expansion will increase the Museum's galleries and public spaces, providing new exhibition space for the Museum’s comprehensive collection, and also for touring exhibitions.

Here on the Kupfergraben canal, overlooking the Lustgarten and the Museum Island, the intention of David Chipperfield Architects was to build a modern building which incorporates, but doesn`t replicate the past.

The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has won the 12th RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal.