Architecture Quote by Peter Zumthor

“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.” quote by Peter Zumthor — Download Open image

“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.”

Peter Zumthor

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Architecture Beauty Beauty Architecture Beauty Higher Chance Directly Beauty Driven Farmers Finding Beauty Findings Higher Old Practicality Study Swiss Thinking Work

More by Peter Zumthor

I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.

Peter Zumthor

Image

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated…

Peter Zumthor

Image

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

Peter Zumthor

Image

When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths,…

Peter Zumthor

Image

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

Peter Zumthor

Image

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

Peter Zumthor

Image

If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter…

Peter Zumthor

Image

The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and…

Peter Zumthor

Image

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

Peter Zumthor

Image

My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

Peter Zumthor

Image

I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look…

Peter Zumthor

Image

If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the…

Peter Zumthor

Image

Explore all 42 Peter Zumthor quotes

More Architecture quotes

The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's…

Santiago Calatrava

Image

A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.…

Paul Simon

Image

The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens…

Pablo Picasso

Image

Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

Jay Griffiths