Thinking Architecture, Peter Zumthor

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a9z9GfwdPEjN_g58tSc4ToxuldOH9kUb0n5yNNTQi2mtvaDbOJoUJL8jeYoNxZ0Mbe8M4XwiVHxx_eJTUTDTefB3dpGS6fq0NzTwIYXAp7Q4j15h3p_q-7xeMhCYWgkzw67TSSuYQIg5/s1600-h/Peter+Zumthor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325864049527128370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a9z9GfwdPEjN_g58tSc4ToxuldOH9kUb0n5yNNTQi2mtvaDbOJoUJL8jeYoNxZ0Mbe8M4XwiVHxx_eJTUTDTefB3dpGS6fq0NzTwIYXAp7Q4j15h3p_q-7xeMhCYWgkzw67TSSuYQIg5/s320/Peter+Zumthor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 219px;" /></a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3764374977?ie=UTF8&tag=architectstud-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3764374977" target="_blank"><i></i></a></i>"I believe that architecture today needs to <span style="font-weight: bold;">reflect on the tasks and possibilities which are inherently its own.</span> Architecture is not a vehicle or a symbol for things that do not belong to its essence. In a society that celebrates the inessential, <span style="font-weight: bold;">architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings, and speak its own language. </span>I believe that the language of architecture is not a question of a specific style. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Every building is built for a specific use in a specific place and for a specific society.</span> My buildings try to answer the questions that emerge from these simple facts as precisely and critically as they can."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3764374977?ie=UTF8&tag=architectstud-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=3764374977" target="_blank"><i>Thinking Architecture</i></a><br /></i><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Zumthor</span>, Swiss architect and winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize.

Thinking Architecture, Peter Zumthor

"I believe that architecture today needs to reflect on the tasks and possibilities which are inherently its own. Architecture is not ...

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