Peter Zumthor
Swiss architect · Switzerland · Architects · Born 1943 · age 83
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Something wrong?Peter Zumthor runs a small office and builds rarely, but in 2009 he won architecture's highest prize - the Pritzker - for work critics call uncompromising and minimalist.
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Born 26 April 1943 in Switzerland, Zumthor built a practice defined by restraint: a small firm, few projects, each one stripped to essence. The approach earned him the Pritzker Prize in 2009, followed by the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2013. He remains one of architecture's most selective makers, his output measured not in volume but in intensity.
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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames BankBoth received European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Kenzō TangeBoth received Pritzker Architecture Prize
Arata IsozakiBoth received Pritzker Architecture Prize
Tadao AndoBoth received Carlsberg Architectural Prize
Álvaro Siza VieiraBoth received European Union Prize for Contemporary ArchitectureFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.