Design I design for the use of a building and the place and for the people who use it... the reputation for arrogance comes because when work is offered to... Peter Zumthor 7
Design 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... Peter Zumthor 8
Design 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... Peter Zumthor 12
Design 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... Peter Zumthor 9
Architecture Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In... Peter Zumthor 7
Architecture There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff. Peter Zumthor 8
Architecture If you look at the Earth without architecture, it's sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest... Peter Zumthor 8
Architecture 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... Peter Zumthor 5
