Peter Zumthor, 2009 Pritzker laureate, is one of the best-known and most acclaimed architects of the present day. Widely admired for his precision and thoroughness, he creates buildings that are responsive to their location and function, and that are remarkable both for their materials and the atmospheric quality of the spaces they enclose. This fivevolume survey of his work until 2013 features 43 buildings and projects, including some that have never been published elsewhere. On 856 pages with more than 750 photographs, plans, sketches, drawings and watercolors, and with texts written by Peter Zumthor himself specially for this monograph, it documents a wide range of projects from several worldfamous buildings to some that never left the drawing board. Winner of the 2014 Filaf d'argent (Festival International du Livre d'Art & du Film) and of the 2014 DAM Architectural Book Award.

Peter Zumthor entwickelt mit rund 30 Mitarbeitenden in seinem Atelier in Haldenstein architektonische Originale wie das Kunsthaus Bregenz, die Therme Vals, das Museum Kolumba in Köln oder das Steilneset-Denkmal in Vardø. 2009 wurde er mit dem Pritzker Architecture Prize ausgezeichnet. Thomas Durisch ist Gründungspartner des Büros Azzola Durich Architekten in Zürich. Er arbeitete 1990-1994 in Peter Zumthors Atelier und kuratierte 2008 die Ausstellung Peter Zumthor - Bauten und Projekte 1986-2007 im Kunsthaus Bregenz.