Reduction and sensuality
Through a sense of esteem for the constructed legacy of another era, Peter Zumthor redesigned 60 rooms and expanded the Red Restaurant without altering the fundamental structure of the hotel. His interventions in the hotel building are no manifestos of modern architecture, but remain obligated to the style of the house in a surprising manner.
Peter Zumthor considers himself an author. The configuration of facilities is not restricted to the building's architecture. It finds its continuation and perfection in furnishings and objects as well as reduction and sensuality contrived and selected with the utmost care, and subtly geared to details.
Awards for Peter Zumthor
| 2010 | Daylight Award, Switzerland |
| 2009 | Pritzker Architecture Prize |
| 2008 |
DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany (for Kolumba, Art Museum of the Cologne Archdiocese) |
| 2008 | Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Association |
| 2008 |
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 2006 |
Prix Meret Oppenheim, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland |
| 2006 |
Spirit of Nature, Wood Architecture Award, Wood in Culture Association Finland |
| 2006 |
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, University of Virginia |
| 2003 | Laurea in Architettura Ad Honorem, Universiti degli Studi di Ferrara |
| 1999 |
Grand Prize for Alpine Architecture, Sexten Kultur, South Tyrol |
| 1999 |
Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (for the Kunsthaus Bregenz) Barcelona, Spain |
| 1998 |
Bündner Kulturpreis Graubünden, Switzerland |
| 1998 |
Carlsberg Architectural Prize Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1996 |
Erich Schelling Prize for Architecture Karlsruhe |
| 1995 |
International Prize for Stone Architecture Fiera di Verona, Italy |
| 1995 |
International Architecture Prize for Neues Bauen in den Alpen, Sexten Kultur, Südtirol |
| 1992 |
International Architecture Prize for Neues Bauen in den Alpen, Sexten Kultur, Südtirol |
| 1989 |
Heinrich Tessenow Medal, TU Hannover |