in 1998, david chipperfield began work on what would become one of his most important projects. his firm, which he founded in the mid-1980s had won a competition to resurrect berlin?s neues museum, which had been largely destroyed during the second world war. in 2009, over a decade later, the museum reopened to global acclaim ? cementing the architect?s status as one of the field?s leading practitioners. later that year, chipperfield was knighted for his services to architecture.
 
now with offices in berlin, london, milan, and shanghai, david chipperfield architects continues to work on a wide range of projects in every corner of the globe ? from a recently approved concert hall in edinburgh to a museum building in china that will form the pompidou?s shanghai outpost.
the DCA campus in berlin also comprises chipperfield?s personal residence and a publicly accessible restaurant
all images by eva tuerbl
 
 
with 2019 set to be another big year for david chipperfield?s practice, PORT magazine visited the firm?s berlin headquarters ? a campus that also includes the architect?s personal residence and a publicly accessible restaurant ? to delve deeper into chipperfield?s life and work. ?I?m very suspicious of design for its own sake,? chipperfield tells fiona shipwright. ?technically, we can do anything now; we can make a building stand upside down on its head ? but why" the limits are now more intellectual than technical. a century ago, architecture was always trying ...