Home Studio Peter Zumthor. Peter Zumthor Home Studio. It is illustrated throughout with color photographs by Laura J.
Cultural architecture Landscape architecture Religious architecture. Peter Zumthors buildings have a beautiful silence that he associates with attributes such as composure self-evidence durability presence and integrityHe says that a building should exist by itself it should not represent anything except being. Peter Zumthors reluctancy to be in the spotlight brought about series of legends especially after the making his most famous project the Vals Spa a temple dedicated to water and light on the Swiss mountains.
This case study of Peter Zumthors house was used to understand multiple programs as well as to understand the structure and design.
Peter Zumthors designs have received high acclaim throughout his career winning the architect the Carlsberg Architecture Prize in Denmark 1998 the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture 1999 the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia 2006 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association 2008 the American Academy of Art. Peter Zumthor who together with Vincent van Duysen is the reason why I decided to change my career path and change Psychology for Interior Design and it might also take me to finally study architecture. Spaces for living spaces for working with younger colleagues or inventing and planning buildings to me these things belong together and that is what the house was built. Peter Zumthors designs have received high acclaim throughout his career winning the architect the Carlsberg Architecture Prize in Denmark 1998 the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture 1999 the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia 2006 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association 2008 the American Academy of Art.