An Evening with Sir David Chipperfield at The Hepworth Wakefield
Tuesday 3 November, 5.30 - 6.30pm
£25 / Members £15 / Full-time Student £5 (all prices include exhibition entry)
Book NowMarking 15 years since The Hepworth Wakefield opened, internationally renowned architect Sir David Chipperfield returns to the gallery for a special evening of conversation.
In discussion with the gallery’s Executive Director Olivia Colling, David will reflect on the inspirations behind the building’s distinctive form, its relationship to the River Calder and the industrial heritage of Wakefield, and the process of creating one of the UK’s most significant cultural buildings of recent decades. He will also discuss the challenges of delivering another major public gallery, Turner Contemporary in Margate, in the same year.
David will also reflect on the role that architecture can play in shaping civic identity and supporting cultural life. Connecting his experience in Wakefield to his current work with Fundación RIA, a non-profit initiative in the Spanish region of Galicia, he will discuss the connections between architecture, landscape, culture and community, and how long-term thinking about place can help strengthen the resilience and vitality of regions.
About David Chipperfield Architects
Founded in London in1985, David Chipperfield Architects has an international reputation for excellence in design and for the enduring quality of its work. The practice’s diverse portfolio includes celebrated cultural, residential, education, retail, workplace and civic projects. This work is grounded in a concern for the social and environmental sustainability of the built environment and its role in our collective quality of life.
Among the practice’s major completed projects are the restoration and rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin, The Hepworth Wakefield, Turner Contemporary in Margate, the transformation of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Museo Jumex in Mexico City and an extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich. The practice has received more than 100 awards for design excellence, and Sir David Chipperfield was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023.
David Chipperfield Architects comprises five independent studios in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai and Santiago de Compostela. This family of studios is complemented by David Chipperfield Design and Fundación RIA – a non-profit research initiative based in Galicia – which expand the scale of architectural practice from details of product design to strategies of territorial master planning.
