Comments on: Anchorage Museum Expansion by David Chipperfield Architects

By: Joncal

Joncal — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:47:18 +0000

I was inside the building before and after grand opening and enjoyed it very much. These photos don’t begin to capture the impact on the outside, and not showing photos of the inside is unfair to the design. It is a public space, not merely an urban object. Anchorage will be well served by this handsome new place for many years. When the other phases are completed it will be a wonderful destination time and again. Bravo.

By: kidnPlay

kidnPlay — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:30:47 +0000

looks like chipperfield is the new cesar pelli….

By: Quinn

Quinn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:14:54 +0000

…Alaska really got the shaft here…looking at this I feel as if I am driving past a car rental place HQ…in Jersey…in 1986

By: gab xiao

gab xiao — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:14:48 +0000

B E A U T I F U L

NEW YORK GUYS, BRING CHIPPERFIELD CLOSER FOR THE LESSON YOU MISSED

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:41:44 +0000

andy:

I think that Mayne tackles the problem by incorporating much of a building’s mechanical systems into the skin. Chip’s systems are all internal, which is why it becomes important to minimize the skin.

By: andy

andy — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:20:13 +0000

Expansion on grb comment – maybe chippers should speak to tom mayne he dosen’t seem to have pressure with minimum envelopes.

By: armeyn

armeyn — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:12:16 +0000

clean!
sharp!
clear!

By: 5-Zoo

5-Zoo — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:09:41 +0000

Silent and exellent

By: grb

grb — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:17:39 +0000

I saw a lecture and presentation of his work by Chipperfield. His European buildings were often assemblies of smaller forms grouped like a village. His (then) two American buildings were monolithic blocks with highly detailed curtainwalls. Afterwards, in the q&a, someone pointed to this difference and asked why. He replied the pressure in the United States to maximize program content to minimum building envelope and work with the most extreme c0nstruction efficiency led him to focus exclusively on the building’s skin. This project shows that reasoning still in force, though perhaps he so believes the constraint to be unavoidable he doesn’t even challenge it anymore..

By: nick the greek

nick the greek — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:16:11 +0000

Would be nice to see some pictures of the interior. At the moment it looks a bit too much like it was designed on Sketchup…