Zumthor sehen. Bilder von Hans Danuser

The Chapel of Sogn Benedetg, the protective structures over the Roman remains in Chur, and the Therme Vals: With a radically subjective view of these buildings by the architect Peter Zumthor (*1943), the Swiss artist Hans Danuser set a milestone in the history of architectural photography in the 1980s and 1990s. His images fundamentally transformed the genre.

This book revisits those groundbreaking photographs and continues the intense debate they sparked twenty years ago. In conversation with Hochparterre editor-in-chief Köbi Gantenbein, Danuser explores the circumstances of his collaboration with Peter Zumthor. The art and architectural historian Philip Ursprung reflects on Zumthor’s architecture and on the photographic representation of architecture. A book about images, buildings, and history.