Meaningful Buildings

Peter Zumthor           screen shot

Brother Klaus Chapel, commissioned by a farmer in Germany  screen shot

"If someone wants a well-made building custom-designed to its purpose and to its site, that's my client. If somebody wants a Zumthor building, that's not my client," says architect Peter Zumthor, winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2009 and, now, of the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal. His designs are simple, meaningful, evocative, and quietly powerful: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-21894859