Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthoris a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth26 April 1943
CountrySwitzerland
cruel history men seems wars women
If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.
rejected
My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons.
architecture form
Architecture is not about form
nice emotional should-have
My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.
glasses house skins
You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood or veneer, or solid timber. Wood doesn't steal energy from your body the way glass and concrete steal heat. When it's hot, a wood house feels cooler than a concrete one, and when it's cold, the other way around.
waste resistance architecture
In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.
quiet plant company
My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.
museums bigs drag
Small museums are great. Big museums are a drag.
architecture
Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.
architecture believe bit building work
I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.