CHIPPO SHUNNED AGAIN IN BLIGHTY

Architects' Journal, The, August, 2006 by Dorrell, Ed

David Chippertield has spoken of his 'frustration and disappointment' utter it emerged that the British Film Institute (BFI) was set to appoint another consultant to head up its search for a new home.

The decision appears to signal a death knell for the internationally acclaimed architect's relationship with the institute and represents another missed opportunity for him to build a significant public project in Britain.

The institute is currently in the process of recruiting a construction project manager to oversee a fresh feasibility study that will assess building a new film centre somewhere in London.

This move - which is likely to be announced formally next week - has the backing of Ken Livingstone's London Development Agency (LDA).

Chipperfield had been...

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