Architect David Chipperfield has been given one of the highest awards available to a British citizen while designers including Yinka Ilori, Ilse Crawford and 6a Architects have received honours in the 2021 New Year Honours list.
Chipperfield was added to the elite Order of the Companions of Honour in the annual list of awards given for achievements by British citizens.
Interior designer Crawford has been awarded a CBE, 6a Architects co-founders Thomas Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald OBEs and London designer Ilori an MBE.
David Chipperfield has designed numerous cultural buildings including the renovation of the Neues Museum. photo is by Joerg von Buchhausen
British architect Chipperfield joins Richard Rogers in the order Order of the Companions of Honour, which is limited to 65 members and is awarded "for having a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time". RIBA Gold Medal-winner Chipperfield established his studio David Chipperfield Architects in 1985.
He has designed numerous significant cultural buildings in the UK including the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames and Hepworth Wakefield in Wakefield, which were both shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, as well as the Turner Contemporary in Margate.
Chipperfield designed the Hepworth Wakefield in Yorkshire. Photo is by Iwan Baan
Chipperfield, who has an office in Berlin, also completed numerous cultural buildings in Germany including the Mus...