For many years now, Silvio Baldassara of the Canadian firm NORR has been gathering stellar speakers from around the world to give virtual talks. This January, he has invited none other than Pritzker Prize–winning David Chipperfield to deliver a lecture.

David Chipperfield, 2023 laureate of The Pritzker Architecture Prize, will reflect on the issue of professional responsibility and the role of practice. He will consider how architects often struggle to deal with conflicting concerns, and how we might begin to reframe practice, keeping in mind that the way we plan our environment and protect our resources can help us deal with the existential challenges of climate change, loss of biodiversity and social inequality.

Chipperfield is currently at work on a project with profound meaning for Canadians: Ottawa’s Parliamentary Precinct Block 2 Redevelopment (with Zeidler Architecture), which recently won an AZ Award.