Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is se... -Peter Zumthor

Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.

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Peter Zumthor Quotes to Explore

When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sen...

I design for the use of a building and the place and for the people who use it... the reputation for arrogance comes because when work is offered to m...

The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest ...

Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and int...

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, ...

If you look at the Earth without architecture, it's sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest...

I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not a...

I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space....

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling....

Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In...

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We work with the Mexican authorities. We have our own intelligence architecture. And we are aware of the involvement of smuggling organizations in irr...

I don't know if I'll go back into medicine. As much as I love it and went to school for it, my passion has always been in real estate, development, in...

Boston is home to the world's most innovative thinkers - in science and technology, and in business, art, and architecture....

Paris is different from LA in regards to its historical architecture. I think that's what gives Paris it's charm and beauty....

I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. It was magnificent - the architecture is incredible and has quite a signifi...

I was in school for architecture and when you're in school for a creative discipline, so much of what you produce comes out of inspiration from other ...

I got addicted to the hands-on problem-solving through the process of making or designing something. Architecture school was really influential and am...

I've always been a good student, made good enough grades to do well, and enjoyed a lot of different subjects. It wasn't until I went to architecture s...

We literally see things so differently, all the architecture and stuff. That's the cool part about skateboarding. We're out there skating stuff that's...

This is a look, a part of Australia we don't see. The wide streets, the architecture, the embassies, the space. It's really beautiful and there's a fe...