Peter Zumthor

Swiss architect, Pritzker Prize laureate.

Main structures:

Protective building for archaeological remains of the Roman period, Switzerland, Chur, (1986);

Chapel of St. Benedict, Switzerland, Sumwich, (1988);

Thermal Baths in Waltz, Switzerland, Waltz, (1996);

Museum “Kunsthaus Bregenz”, Austria, Bregenz, (1997);

Brother Klaus Chapel, Germany, (2007);

Museum of the Cologne diocese “Columbus”, Germany, Cologne, (2007);

House of Annalize Zumthor, Switzerland, Waltz, (2009);

Memorial Complex “Topography of Terror”, Germany, Berlin, (2010);

Memorial to the Burned Witches in Finnmark – Steilneset Memorial, Norway, Vardø, (2011);

Summer Pavilion of the Serpentine Gallery, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London, (2011);

Center Werkraum, Austria, (2013);

Allmanayuvet Complex, Norway, (2016);

Hotel 7132 – reconstruction, Switzerland, Waltz, (2016);

Secular Retreat Villa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (2018).

Features of the architecture of Peter Zumthor:

1. The leading direction is minimalism;
2. Using Swiss traditions in construction;
3. Simple laconic forms;
4. Almost complete lack of decor;
5. Using light to create the right atmosphere;
6. Organic fit into the landscape.