Architect Peter Zumthor

Zumthor's shingled chapel replaced a Baroque stone chapel that was destroyed in a 1984 earthquake. It's typical of his work in its simplicity and attention to detail.
Jonathan V. Larocca

St. Benedict Chapel, Sumvigt, Switzerland, 1988
Zumthor's shingled chapel replaced a Baroque stone chapel that was destroyed in a 1984 earthquake. It's typical of his work in its simplicity and attention to detail.

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