Who is Peter Zumthor, architect sensualist

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He just won the 2009 Pritzker Prize. He has approached material as words, building poetically to make a line. His book Thinking Architecture is influential. It reminds me of another book 'Building,Thinking and Dwelling' by Heidiggar. People speak about his architecture and they mention words like Phenomonology. Steven Holl has mention these words often and link Phenomonology with architecture. I think Peter approach demonstrates more then the talks.

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Zumthor just won the Pritzker Prize. This book reminds me of 'Basic Writings' by Martin Heidegger. There is an essay by Heidegger call "Building, Thinking, and Dwelling." I had a hint of the relation. Then I found a Wikipedia article that mentions Zumthor mirroring Heidegger.

Zumthor mentions the term "presence" of the materials in his work. I remember reading 'Building, Thinking, and Dwelling' and try to grasp Heidegger's meaning of the bridge as the beginning of a 'presence'.

Is Zumthor a senualist? In a sense he is but not the same as those that sprouted in the Roccoco period. Later Modernist such as Adolf Loos strip the ornamentation and the buildings became bare until it was cold. Zumthor seems to bring the warmth back with out all the ostentation. Architecture has always been about light, material, and sense. Zumthor finds innotive ways to let the material speak, or he treats the ordinary material into exterordinary ways. He seems to use material the way a writer uses words to compose a poem.

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    alexakelly Feb 8, 2012 @ 5:39 am | delete
    Architect is a personification of the greatest gift provided by God to mankind. Architects in Dublin are responsible for using their skills and art to make plans of structures that can withstand the elements and provide shelter to its residents. In Dublin architect profession is a combination of artistic skills, mathematical calculations, and knowledge of building codes.

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    bumsti selber Oct 12, 2011 @ 10:00 am | delete
    here
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    you can find tons of zumthor stuff !!

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