kolumba museum, köln, germany 1997-2007. architect: peter zumthor, b.1943 ...a real surprise was how much of the building I already knew, which made for an interesting game of influences and origins, easily played here on flickr where more than a thousand images of the museum can be found. this particular photo shows a detail inspired by lewerentz' frameless windows from his late works in western sweden. zumthor has added a frame but keeps it out of your sight, a much more durable solution which was also how utzon translated and used lewerentz' original idea. then there is the wooden bridge wh‹›
Kolumba

Peter Zumthor

Detail · Cologne, Germany · 2007

Photo: seier+seier · 2008-10-04 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2592×3872

kolumba museum, köln, germany 1997-2007. architect: peter zumthor, b.1943 ...a real surprise was how much of the building I already knew, which made for an interesting game of influences and origins, easily played here on flickr where more than a thousand images of the museum can be found. this particular photo shows a detail inspired by lewerentz' frameless windows from his late works in western sweden. zumthor has added a frame but keeps it out of your sight, a much more durable solution which was also how utzon translated and used lewerentz' original idea. then there is the wooden bridge wh

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