Thinking Architecture. Architektur denken, englische Ausgabe

In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. In these essays Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings, which speak to our emotions and understanding in so many ways, and possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality.
This book, whose first edition has been out of print for years, has been expanded to include three new essays: "Does Beauty Have a Form?, "The Magic of the Real, and "Light in the Landscape. It has been freshly illustrated throughout with new color photographs of Zumthor s new home and studio in Haldenstein, taken specially for this edition by Laura Padgett, and received a new typography by Hannele Grönlund.

About the author

Peter Zumthor, geb. 1943, gehört international zu den renommiertesten Schweizer Architekten. In Haldenstein bei Chur führt er eine kleine Architekturmanufaktur mit wenigen Mitarbeitern. Sein Bestreben ist es, Architektur sinnlich erlebbar zu machen. Zu seinen bekanntesten Bauten zählen u.a. Therme Vals 1996, Kunsthaus Bregenz 1997, Kunstmuseum Kolumba, Köln 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Zumthor
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• No. of pages: 96
• Weight: 360 g
• Illustrations: w. col. photographs.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning