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David Chipperfield and ’’A museum of Horrors’’

United Kingdom Architecture News - Apr 06, 2015 - 09:38   4273 views

David Chipperfield and ’’A museum of Horrors’’

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Mr Chipperfield said that 'the laying of stone of poor quality' at Milan's new Museum of Culture transformed the building into 'a museum of horrors'

The architect David Chipperfield is at the centre of an extraordinary row over Milan’s new €60m (£44m) Museum of Culture, a building he has designed and now disowned after accusing officials of skimping on flooring materials.The resulting “floor war” – as locals have dubbed the stand off – has led the British architect, famous for the Neues Museum in Berlin and China’s Liangzhu Culture Museum, to demand that his name be removed from the project......Continue Reading

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