DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS

The James Simon Gallery, the new entrance building between the Kupfergraben and the Neues Museum, marks the architectural conclusion of the Museuminsel ensemble in Berlin after 180 years. It forms, together with the Archaeological Promenade, the centrepiece of the master plan developed in 1999, which has since served as the starting point for all further planning on Museumsinsel. The book, pub lished by D. Chipperfield Architects on the occasion of the opening, is dedicated to the building and its cultural contexts.