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, the birds, the feel.
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
The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest… - Peter Zumthor
The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest…
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…
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,…
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…
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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