"Normally, architects render a service. They implement what……" — Peter Zumthor
"Normally, architects render a service. They implement what other people want. This is not what I do. I like to develop the use of the building together with the client, in a process, so that as we go along we become more intelligent."
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37 Quotes by Peter Zumthor
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I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.
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There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it,
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Architecture is not about form
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Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really.…
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In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know…
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