I MET PETER ZUMTHOR

Some teenagers fangirl over celebrities or musicians. Me? I fangirl over architects.

Peter Zumthor, the Pritzker Prize winning architect of Saint Benedict Chapel, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, and Therme Vals, to name a few, has been one of my favorite architects for a while.

         

Photos above from ArchDaily.

 

I had the incredible opportunity to attend a lecture by Peter Zumthor at LACMA about his firm’s proposed addition to the art museum. It was fascinating to hear how his vision for the lighting and materiality really drove the design process. After the lecture, my friends and I got to meet him and get a picture with him! It was a dream come true!

 

If walls could dream… they’d dream of meeting their favorite architects!