Peter Zumthor Architect Quotations

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.

There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it,

I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money

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.

Architecture is not about form

I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.

I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.