Hélène Binet

Sigrid Hauser

Peter Zumthor

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. This is the only book-length study of this singular building. It features the architects own original sketches and plans for its design as well as striking photographs of the structure. Architectural scholar Sigrid Hauser contributes an essay 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.

Peter Zumthor Therme Vals

Louise Pierga

Flora Gressard

Chauffe qui peut ! Un livre qui traite avec humour des choses sérieuses. Louise dans sa cuisine, Olivier dans son atelier, Lina à une soirée, Élie sur son vélo... Rejoignez la tribu des climato-actifs pour prendre les choses en main. Les calottes ne sont pas totalement cuites, on peut tous agir pour limiter le réchauffement climatique ! Le sujet plombant du climat abordé avec légèreté. Des réponses simples à des questions compliquées. Des révélations super utiles et des infos carrément futiles. Des quizz, des centaines d’idées et de conseils pour passer à l’action ! EN BONUS : interview de Jean-Marc Jancovici

Manger, s'habiller, voyager, habiter, s'engager : le guide décalé des futurs héros climatiques

J'agis pour le climat

Peter Zumthor is possibly the most innovative European architect working today. His projects inspire enthusiasm with their exactitude, their poetry, and their radically independent aesthetics and vocabulary of form.

Buildings and Projects, 1979-1997

Peter Zumthor, Works

Mohsen Mostafavi

The publication focuses on a series of important London churches the architect designed during the early part of the eighteenth century. Photographer Hélène Binet was specially commissioned to document the various aspects of the seven remaining London churches. Her immaculate black and white photographs demonstrate the beauty of Hawksmoor's architecture with special attention to the variety of scales, sites, interiors, textures, and materials."

Hélène Binet

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