Peter Zumthor
An architect of material, atmosphere, and silence, best known for Therme Vals and Kolumba.
He creates intense sensory experience at relatively small scales.
The touch of stone, timber, and brick becomes a design concept.
He received the Pritzker Prize.
His work is often described as an architecture of atmosphere that matters more on site than in photographs.
His projects embody an ethics of preservation and intervention.
