You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood or veneer, or solid timber. Wood doesn't steal energy from your body the way glass and concrete steal heat. When it's hot, a wood house feels cooler than a concrete one, and when it's cold, the other way around.
Peter ZumthorIn order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.
Peter ZumthorMy buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.
Peter Zumthor