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I have discovered such wonderful things that I was amazed. . . Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.

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Peter Zumthor

When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.

Concentrate, Depths, Design, Quality, Sensuous, Trying
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I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.

Commitment, Names, Together, Interested, Good, Patience

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

Cabinetmaking, Hands, Hated, Home, Years

There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

Good, Needs, Quality, Real

Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go. . . it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.

Letting Go, Order, Care, Shop, Available

The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.

Comforting, Done, Lines, Private, See, Shared
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