Peter Zumthor 1985–2013

Peter Zumthor, geb. 1943, gehört international zu den renommiertesten Schweizer Architekten. In Haldenstein bei Chur führt er eine kleine Architekturmanufaktur mit wenigen Mitarbeitern. Sein Bestreben ist es, Architektur sinnlich erlebbar zu machen. Zu seinen bekanntesten Bauten zählen u.a. Therme Vals 1996, Kunsthaus Bregenz 1997, Kunstmuseum Kolumba, Köln 2007.

THOMAS FLECHTNER, geboren 1961 in Winterthur, studierte an der Ecole dePhotographie, Vevey. Für seine fotografischen Arbeiten, die er regelmässig ausstellt,erhielt er zahlreiche Preise. Er lebt und arbeitet in Valliere, Frankreich und Zürich.

lt;p>"Few architects are as patient and exacting as Peter Zumthor, and this monograph captures the materiality and intangible spirit of his work in drawings, photographs, and his brief texts. It was an inspired idea to divide this rich concentration of work into five slim volumes, rather than cram it into one of the mega-publications that entomb other celebrated architects. Each is a delight to hold and page through, and a model of Swiss design from the gray silk covers to the crisp typography and spacious layouts. Rarely has haptic architecture been better expressed in print." Michael Webb, The Architects Newspaper

"With the same rigor and poetry of his architecture Zumthor offers us his opera omnia. But so laconic is he that who knows if this is the last." Eduardo Prieto, ArcitecturaViva