What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.
Peter ZumthorThere is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.
Peter ZumthorMy buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.
Peter ZumthorIf you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether its a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.
Peter Zumthor