A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Essentials. David Chipperfield Architects 1985-2015 held at Museo ICO in Madrid 29 September 2015 - 28 January 2016..With a selection of thirty works and projects that go from the Toyota Auto in Kyoto (1990) to the new Valentino flagship store in New York (2014), this monographic publication takes stock of thirty years in the career of the British architect David Chipperfield, from his beginnings in London's alternative currents up to the situation of the studio today, which has offices in London, Berlin, Milan, and Shanghai, and has become a reference worldwide. With introductions by David Chipperfield and Luis Fernández-Galiano, the book covers the architects career through essays by Fulvio Irace and Rik Nys.