The Journal

A 2023 Pritzker Prize laureate, Sir David Chipperfield is celebrated for his “radical restraint” and deep reverence for history. Across four decades, the British architect has crafted more than a hundred works spanning civic, cultural, residential, and academic buildings, along with ambitious urban masterplans across Europe, Asia, and North America. What unifies this diverse portfolio is a rigorous and process-driven approach. “It doesn’t matter which path you go down, as long as you go down the path well and have been consequential in the process,” he once said.