Biografia
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1958 fa pratica come ebanista
1963 studia design Kunstgewerbeschule Basel
1966 Studia progettazione d'interni presso il Pratt Institute of Architecture and interior design
1968 Architetto presso il Department for the Preservation of Monuments, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
1978 Tiene delle lezioni all'University of Zurich sulla tutela dell'architettura vernacolare
1979 Apre il proprio studio a Graubünden
1988 Visiting professor presso il Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica
1989 Visiting professor presso la Technische Universität, Munich Workshop, Graz Summer School, Austria
1994 diviene membro dell' Akademie der Künste di Berlino
1996 viene eletto membro ononario del Bund Deutscher Architekten, BDA, Germany 1996 Professore all'Accademia di Architettura, Università della Svizzera italiana, Mendrisio
1998 vince il Calberg Architecture Price
1999 Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1999 vince il Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture, Barcelona
2000 Diviene membro onorario del the Royal Institute of British Architects
Progetti
1983 Elementary school Churwalden, Churwalden, , Graubünden, Switzerland
1983 House Räth, Haldenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland
1986 Shelters for Roman archaeological site, Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
1986 Atelier Zumthor, Haldenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland
1989 Saint Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland
1990 Art Museum Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
1993 Residential home for the elderly, Masans, Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
1994 Gugalun House, Versam, Graubünden, Switzerland
1996 Spittelhof housing, Biel-Benken, Basel, Switzerland
1996 Thermal Bath Vals, Vals, Graubünden, Switzerland
1997 Art Museum Bregenz, Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
1997 Topography of Terror, International Exhhibition and Documentation Centre, Berlin, Germany
1997-2000 Swiss Pavillion EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
1997 Villa in Küsnacht am Zürichsee Küsnacht, Switzerland
1997 Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England
1997 Lichtforum Zumtobel Staff, Zürich, Switzerland
1997 - 2000 Kolumba - Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, Cologne (Köln), Germany
1999 Cloud Rock Wilderness Lodge Moab
Bibliografia:
Thermal Bath at Vals, London 1995
Strabwerk. "Topographie des Terrors", Berlino 1996
Peter Zumthor, sta in "A+U" numero monografico, Tokio 1997
Zumthor, Peter. Three concepts: Thermal Bath Vals, Art Museum Bregenz,"Topography of Terror" Berlin. Basel; Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, c1997
Zumthor Peter. Pensare Architettura, Zurigo 1998
Peter Zumthor Works, Zurigo 1998


