In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
I can’t be bought with money. If someone calls me and asks me to work for them for three or four years, and they’ll pay me well to build their vacation home, I ask myself why I should work three or four years on something like that. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look carefully at how many projects I want to put into my lifetime. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
I’ve built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
I grew up in a craftsman’s home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
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 sense of the word, whether it’s a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
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 my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
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 son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
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 me, I look whether I can find a genuine interest in quality. Peter Zumthor Read Quote
