maandag 13 april 2009

Peter Zumthor: Pritzker 2009

Peter Zumthor (photo: Gary Ebner)


De Zwitserse architect Peter Zumthor heeft zondag de Pritzker Architecture Prize gewonnen. De prijs geldt als de belangrijkste onderscheiding in het vakgebied.

“I believe that architecture today needs to reflect on the tasks and possibilities which are inherently its own. Architecture is not a vehicle or a symbol for things that do not belong to its essence. In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings, and speak its own language. I believe that the language of architecture is not a question of a specific style. Every building is built for a specific use in a specific place and for a specific society. My buildings try to answer the questions that emerge from these simple facts as precisely and critically as they can.”

Peter Zumthor - Thinking Architecture

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