More than 50 projects along all Europe were shortlisted for the eight 2015 BREEAM Awards which are for buildings with different programs as office, mixed use building, educational, residential or healthcare, in categories as new construction, building in use or refurbishment and fit out.

BREEAM Awards are given to European buildings with the more high standards in sustainability according with BREEAM qualification, which after 25 years of experience has consolidated itself as one of the leading standards in sustainability along the world.

Director of BREEAM Gavin Dunn said ‘My sincere congratulations go to the teams behind all of these projects, and to the commitment, drive and ingenuity they have shown in delivering inspirational levels of sustainability. Along with the well documented green benefits of these projects, we know from independent research that these buildings are bringing increased value for investors and improved satisfaction to users and occupiers.

Among the members of the jury there were architects as Bill Gething, Blaudine Blamey from Crown Estate, Alan Cole from Home Office, Mike Smith from BSRIA, Louise Sunderland from UK Green Building Council and Thomas Lane from Building magazine.

The winners of the different categories are the following.-

  • BREEAM Offices New Construction.- One Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London. Architect, David Chipperfield Architects.
  • BREEAM Offices In-Use.- Washington Plaza, Paris.
  • BREEAM Offices Refurbishment & Fit Out.- Morelands Rooftop, London. Architect / Interior design, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
  • BREEAM Retail New Construction.- Fornebu S, Oslo.
  • BREEAM Retail In-Use.- La Caserne de Bonne, Grenoble. Architect, Groupe 6.
  • BREEAM Retail Refurbishment & Fit Out.- 107-109 Charing Cross Road, London.
  • BREEAM Industrial.- Armstrong Point, Wigan. Architect, Jennings Design Associates.
  • BREEAM Mixed Use and Other Buildings.- Brent Civic Centre, London. Architect, Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP.
  • BREEAM Education.- Brandon Primary School, Durham. Architect, Redbox Architecture.
  • BREEAM Healthcare.-Dumfries and Galloway Acute Mental Health Unit.
  • BREEAM Residential.- 119 Ebury Street, London.
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Sir David Alan Chipperfield was born in London in 1953 and was raised on a farm in Devon, in the southwest of England. He studied architecture at the Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, graduating in 1980. He later worked with Douglas Stephen, Norman Foster, and Richard Rogers before founding his own firm, David Chipperfield Architects, in 1985.

The firm has grown to include offices in London, Berlin (1998), Shanghai (2005), Milan (2006), and Santiago de Compostela (2022). His first notable commission was a commercial interior for Issey Miyake in London, which led him to work in Japan. In the United Kingdom, his first significant building was the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, completed in 1997.

Chipperfield has developed over one hundred projects across Asia, Europe, and North America, including civic, cultural, academic, and residential buildings. In Germany, he led the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin (1993–2009) and the construction of the James-Simon-Galerie (1999–2018).

He has been a professor at various universities in Europe and the United States, including the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and Yale University. In 2012, he curated the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. In 2017, he established the RIA Foundation in Galicia, Spain, dedicated to research on sustainable development in the region.

He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and has been recognized as an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA). He has received numerous awards, including the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2011, the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association in 2013, and the Pritzker Prize in 2023. In 2009, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, in 2010 he was knighted for his services to architecture, and in 2021 he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in the United Kingdom.

Chipperfield's career is distinguished by his focus on the relationship between architecture and its context, as well as his commitment to sustainability and the preservation of architectural heritage.

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Published on: March 12, 2015
Cite: "David Chipperfield in the 2015 BREEAM Awards" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/david-chipperfield-2015-breeam-awards> ISSN 1139-6415
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