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In 1998, Zumthor received the Carlsberg Architecture Prize for his designs of the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria and the Thermal Baths at Vals, Switzerland (see below).

Zumthor has taught at Southern California Institute Of Architecture In Los Angeles , the Technical University Of Munich , the Academy of Architecture Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera Italiana, and the Harvard Graduate School Of Design .

Zumthor's work is largely unpublished in part because of his Philosophical belief that architecture must be experienced first hand. His published written work is mostly Narrative and Phenomenological .

Currently, Zumthor works out of his small studio which he founded in 1979, in the town of Haldenstein, Switzerland . He enjoys playing Tennis , good Cigars , Margaritas and Jazz .


PRINCIPAL WORKS

  • 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 Exhibition and Documentation Centre, Berlin , Germany .

  • 1997-2000 Swiss Pavilion EXPO 2000, Hannover , Germany .

  • 1997 Villa in Küsnacht am Zürichsee Küsnacht , Switzerland.

  • 1997 Lichtforum Zumtobel Staff, Zürich , Switzerland.

  • 1997-2000 Kolumba - Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, Cologne (Köln), Germany.

  • 1999 Cloud Rock Wilderness Lodge Moab.