Peter Zumthor

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Peter Zumthor is a renowned Swiss architect celebrated for his minimalist, sensory-rich designs and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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instanceOf Swiss architect
architect
human
AllmannajuvetZincMineMuseumCountry Norway
AllmannajuvetZincMineMuseumLocation Sauda
awardReceived Praemium Imperiale
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Royal Gold Medal
surface form: RIBA Royal Gold Medal
basedIn Haldenstein
birthCountry Switzerland
birthDate 1943-04-26
birthPlace Basel-Stadt
surface form: Basel
BruderKlausFieldChapelCountry Germany
BruderKlausFieldChapelLocation Mechernich
countryOfResidence Switzerland
designed Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
Kolumba Museum
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Saint Benedict Chapel
Therme Vals
earlyTraining carpentry and cabinetmaking
educatedAt Kunstgewerbeschule Basel
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn campus)
surface form: Pratt Institute
field architecture
hasDesignPhilosophy attention to sensory experience
context-sensitive design
emphasis on atmosphere
focus on materiality
hasWritten Atmospheres
Thinking Architecture
influencedBy modernist architecture
vernacular building traditions
knownFor atmospheric architecture
minimalist architecture
sensory-rich designs
use of natural materials
KolumbaMuseumCountry Germany
KolumbaMuseumLocation Cologne
KunsthausBregenzCountry Austria
KunsthausBregenzLocation Bregenz
name Peter Zumthor self-link
nationality Swiss
notableWork Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
Kolumba Museum
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Saint Benedict Chapel
Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Chur
Therme Vals
Topography of Terror Documentation Center design
occupation architect
professor
parentOccupation cabinetmaker
PraemiumImperialeYear 2008
PritzkerPrizeYear 2009
RIBARoyalGoldMedalYear 2013
SaintBenedictChapelCountry Switzerland
SaintBenedictChapelLocation Sumvitg
style critical regionalism
minimalism
teachingPosition Academy of Architecture Mendrisio
ThermeValsCountry Switzerland
ThermeValsLocation Vals

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Peter Zumthor name Peter Zumthor self-link
Stiftung Topographie des Terrors hasArchitectForMainBuilding Peter Zumthor
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Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky influenced Peter Zumthor
RIBA Gold Medal hasNotableRecipient Peter Zumthor
Kunstgewerbeschule Basel notableAlumnus Peter Zumthor
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Therme Vals hasArchitect Peter Zumthor
Kunsthaus Bregenz architect Peter Zumthor
Kunsthaus Bregenz awardedToArchitect Peter Zumthor
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel architect Peter Zumthor
Kolumba Museum architect Peter Zumthor
Kolumba Museum notableWorkOf Peter Zumthor
Saint Benedict Chapel architect Peter Zumthor
Vals architectOfThermeVals Peter Zumthor
Sumvitg architect Peter Zumthor
subject surface form: St. Benedict Chapel
Sumvitg hasArchitect Peter Zumthor
Thinking Architecture author Peter Zumthor
Thinking Architecture relatedPerson Peter Zumthor
Atmospheres author Peter Zumthor
Haldenstein usedAsBaseBy Peter Zumthor