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Chipperfield’s new Edinburgh concert hall delayed for years
The opening of David Chipperfield Architects’ 1,000-seat Dunard Centre has been delayed until 2029 amid a change in contractor
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Inquiry closes on Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans
The six-day-long inquiry into David Chipperfield Architects’ (DCA) controversial proposals for a 2.4ha Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court ended this week
Rising star Lina Ghotmeh pips big names to win British Museum contest
Lebanese-born, Paris-based Lina Ghotmeh has been named winner of the high-profile competition to overhaul more than a third of the gallery spaces and behind-the-scenes areas at the British Museum
David Chipperfield’s first UK building in listing bid
The Twentieth Century Society has made a bid to protect the former Camden studio of David Chipperfield Architects – a modernist 1989 office building set to be redeveloped into homes
Ministers signal support for Chipperfield’s called-in Chinese Embassy
David Chipperfield Architects’ contentious plans for a new Chinese Embassy in London seemingly have the support of the foreign and home secretaries ahead of a planning inquiry
Serpentine Pavilion architect unveils new vision for New York Met museum revamp
Fresh designs for a proposed overhaul of the Met Museum in New York – a job once on David Chipperfield's drawing board – have been unveiled by one-time Serpentine Pavilion architect Frida Escobedo
British Museum shows off early concepts in major revamp competition
The British Museum has unveiled design concepts from the five shortlisted architecture teams for the overhaul of more than a third of its gallery spaces and behind-the-scenes areas
Council refuses Chipperfield’s Chinese Embassy plans ahead of inquiry
Tower Hamlets Council has again symbolically refused David Chipperfield Architects’ plans for a Chinese Embassy in central London – although communities secretary Angela Rayner will make the final decision on the scheme
Chipperfield completes three buildings in new quarter of Lyon
The buildings, delivered with AIA Architectes, consist of a social housing block, mixed-use tower and office building and form part of three urban blocks grouped around garden courtyards
Chipperfield’s China embassy plans raised at Starmer-Xi Jinping meeting
David Chipperfield Architects’ contentious plans for a new London Chinese embassy came up this week during Keir Starmer’s first meeting with China’s president