Quotes by : Peter Zumthor

The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a....

I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making....

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of....

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet I like to be in their company. ....

If you look at the Earth without architecture, it's sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this....

I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do....

Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears....

Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's....

I design for the use of a building and the place and for the people who use it... the reputation for....

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.....