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Peter Zumthor Therme Vals
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Therme Vals, the spa complex built in the Swiss Alps by celebrated architect Peter Zumthor, became an icon of contemporary architecture soon after its opening in 1996. Inspired by the spa’s majestic surroundings, Zumthor built the structure on the sharp grade of an Alpine mountain slope with grass-topped roofs to mimic Swiss meadows, captured here in a series of sumptuous images. Peter Zumthor Therme Vals, the only book-length study of this singular building, features the architect’s own original sketches and plans for its design as well as Hélène Binet’s striking photographs of the structure. Architectural scholar Sigrid Hauser contributes an essay on such topics as “Artemis/Diana,” “Baptism,” “Mikvah,” and “Spring”—drawing out the connections between the elemental nature of the spa and mythology, bathing, and purity.
Annotations by Peter Zumthor on his design concept and the building process elucidate the structure’s symbiotic relationship to its natural surroundings, revealing, for example, why he insisted on using locally quarried stone. Therme Vals’s scenic design elements, and Zumthor’s contributions to this book, reflect the architect’s commitment to the essential and his disdain for needless architectural flourishes. This lavishly illustrated volume about the spa that catapulted a remote Swiss village onto the international architecture scene will entrance all enthusiasts of contemporary design.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #304347 in Books
- Published on: 2007-03-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 192 pages
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This is a beautiful book which deftly combines four threads; the images of Helene Binet, the thoughts of Peter Zumthor, drawings and sketches of the baths and a dictionary of terms and themes by Sigrid Hauser. Few contemporary works deserve to be as completely documented. Unlike most contemporary projects there was no rush to make a publication, the building has aged gracefully and become embedded in architectural culture, this book documents the making of a place for human experience embedded in the history and tradition of bathing. Vals has become a place of pilgrimage to the senses.
This book will make room for itself on even the fullest bookshelf.
will be a classic.
this book is great, it has everything i need: explanations by PETER ZUMTHOR about his choice of materials,scketches,blue prints and lots of details that you rarely find this days in architecture books.this book is TRULY focus on architecture.i belive this is a future classic,buy it now before you regret when it goes out of print.
We've been waiting 10 years for this...
A phenomenal representation of a single building monograph. It has client/architect history, site and design process, early sketches, development drawings, construction drawings and details. It has it all.
They wont let you take pictures or sketch at the building, so get the book - no qualms there.
