The roster of high-profile international architects making their mark on New York City’s skyline continues to grow, and the latest to join the club is the British architect David Chipperfield.

His first ground-up building in the city is under construction at 16 West 40th Street, across from Bryant Park and the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

In contrast to other big-name architects who wow with audacious forms and breathtaking structural feats, Mr. Chipperfield is best known for buildings with a pared-down aesthetic purity. Among his many projects are the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin; the expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis; and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City. Last year, he completed work on Valentino’s Fifth Avenue flagship store. This past March, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it had selected him to redesign its modern and contemporary art wing.

With the design of the Bryant, his 33-story mixed-use tower for the HFZ Capital Group, the developer, there is no twisting curvaceous form, sky-piercing needle or daring cantilever. Instead, sober grids of structural members and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors and windows form the building’s sensible exterior.