Peter Zumthor Books

When I design, I draw upon memories—my own and those belonging to others. Architecture, I have learned, is an archive of sensations. The sound of footsteps on an old wooden floor, the smell of a grandmother’s kitchen, the echo of laughter under a vaulted ceiling—these fragments reside in the body, s...

From Thinking Architecture

Atmosphere, for me, is the soul of architecture. Long before we analyze a space intellectually, we feel it. A dimly lit corridor, the muffled sound of distant water, the texture of stone beneath the fingertips—these are not technical qualities but emotional ones. I care deeply about how light enter...

From Thinking Architecture