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Jun 08, 2016 peter zumthor explains his own point of view on architecture design, and if you know anything about his projects, youre probably aware how much he thinks everything through. However, this thinking seems to appear in the most natural, authentic form, almost as if zumthor thinks through space. Photo courtesy timothy brownatelier flir all mysteries disappoint. Gallery with photos and videos of 2009 pritzker laureate, peter zumthor. It exhibits the essence of zumthors ideas in a similar vein as our highly successful rem koolhaas. Architecture ebook peter zumthor thinking architecture161. He received the carlsberg architecture prize in 1998, the praemium imperiale in 2008, is the 2009 pritzker prize laureate and winner of the 20 riba royal gold medal. From 196367, he studied at the kunstgewerbeschule, vorkurs and fachklasse with further studies in. All professors and all teachers speak along and before you start making your funny, deprived from the practical function models, take your time to look at thinking architecture if you want to regard yourself. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to the reality of past life. Mar 01, 2006 peter zumthor, one of the real masters in architecture today talks about his desire to design a building that takes on its own life afterwards.
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