The video about the exhibition opened last September 30th at the ICO Museum around the figure of the english architect, which will be open until the 24th of January, 2016, at the ICO Museum.

"Essentials. David Chipperfield Architects" is the exhibition organized and produced by the ICO Foundation showing a retrospective selection of works realized by the architect David Chipperfield from 1985 until 2015. The format chosen for the exhibition is mainly the display of models with scales that allow the appreciation of the interior and exterior features of each building, as well as the variations that have been suffered along the project process, which for the architect must be the result of a connection between hand and mind, something that the work with models allows him to develop in a more confortable way compared to digital models.

Where.- ICO Museum, 3 Zorrilla St., Madrid.
When.- 30 september 2015 to 24 january 2016.
Opening hours.- Tuesday to sunday from 11.00 to 20.00 h. Holidays from 10.00 to 14.00.
Entrance.- Free.

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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: November 2, 2015
Cite: "'Essentials. David Chipperfield Architects' [VIDEO]" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/essentials-david-chipperfield-architects-video> ISSN 1139-6415
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