David Chipperfield: A Book about a Large Building Recently Built in Asia: Amorepacific Headquarter by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin

by David Chipperfield

Plans, documentation and photographs from David Chipperfield’s massive Amorepacific complex in Korea This book compiles 860 documents produced by David Chipperfield Architects during the planning and construction process of the Amorepacific headquarters in Seoul. These are complemented by two series of photographs by architectural photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu.

Built between 2010 and 2018 for the Korean beauty and cosmetics company Amorepacific as their headquarters, the Chipperfield creation encompasses a museum, a library, an auditorium, a kindergarten, restaurants, laboratories and offices for 7000 employees. It is situated between a new business district, a large park and a small-scale mixed-use neighborhood, and was built from various materials (concrete, aluminum, glass, granite, textile, wood) from the region and across the world.

432 pages, Paperback

Published December 15, 2020

About the author

Sir David Alan Chipperfield, CH, CBE, RA, RDI, RIBA, HRSA is a British architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985, which grew into a global architectural practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan, and Shanghai.
In 2023, he won the Pritzker Architecture Prize., considered to be the most prestigious award in architecture. His major works include the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (1989–1998); the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany; the Des Moines Public Library, Iowa (2002–2006); the Neues Museum, Berlin (1997–2009); The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Wakefield, West Yorkshire (2003–2011), the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri (2005–2013); and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City (2009–2013).