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 18
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 17
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 24
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 17
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 16
Architecture There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff. Peter Zumthor 15
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 15
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 13
