When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina … - Peter Zumthor
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina …
- Peter Zumthor
Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but a… - Peter Zumthor
Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but a…
Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and in… - Peter Zumthor
Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and in…
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… - Peter Zumthor
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…
The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and cons… - Peter Zumthor
The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and cons…
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space. - Peter Zumthor
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know, conscious, unconscio… - Peter Zumthor
In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know, conscious, unconscio…
If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain,… - Peter Zumthor
If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain,…
Presence is like a gap in the flow of history, where all of [a] sudden it is not past and not future. - Peter Zumthor
Presence is like a gap in the flow of history, where all of [a] sudden it is not past and not future.
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