Design I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain... David Chipperfield 14
Design I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer. David Chipperfield 10
Architecture I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books... David Chipperfield 13
Architecture I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age. David Chipperfield 14
Architecture I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? David Chipperfield 12
Architecture Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap. David Chipperfield 14
Architecture A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous.... David Chipperfield 10