Peter Zumthor: Working Like an Artist, a Posture Increasingly Hard to Maintain

In an interview with Le Monde, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, laureate of the 2009 Pritzker Prize, discusses his artistic approach to architecture. He emphasizes the importance of models, color, and acoustics in his design process, and states that his primary goal is to create spaces that have meaning, citing the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) as an example. Zumthor reflects on the challenge of maintaining an artist's posture in contemporary practice, noting that it is increasingly difficult to sustain. The interview is part of a series titled "Artistes à l'œuvre" (Artists at Work), and was published on August 25, 2026.