Take the recently opened Turner Contemporary in Margate for example (designed by David Chipperfield as is The Hepworth).

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Designer Wayne Hemingway, architect David Chipperfield, musician Jules Holland and TV presenter Paul O'Grady have also backed East Kent's bid.

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Sir David Chipperfield, the British architect behind the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin, will build the Museo La Coleccion Jumex.

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