The first book on a fundamental part of Atelier Zumthor's design process: their architectural models.
"We learn a lot from our models. We love them." Peter Zumthor
Hannele Grönlund is a Finnish-born architect, designer, and curator. She served as director of exhibitions at the Museum of Finnish Architecture (now Architecture and Design Museum) in Helsinki 1998-2002.
Peter Zumthor works with his Atelier of around 30 people in the alpine setting of Haldenstein, Switzerland, producing architectural originals such as the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Therme Vals, Museum Kolumba Köln, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's new David Geffen Galleries, and the extension of Fondation Beyeler near Basel. He is the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.
