david chipperfield is the 2011 recipient of the riba gold medal. as architecture week has it, chipperfield occupies a unique position as an international, even global practitioner who is no longer identified with a particular region or country.
his work shows a practice that is neither fashionable nor out of fashion, informed by a classicism, his work remains fresh and contemporary. his architecture unfailingly responds to context and environment, yet remains uncompromisingly modern full review at architecture week