Masters of Architecture Lecture Series: Peter Zumthor

Thursday, November 19 | 7:30 pm LACMA and the American Institute of Architects/Los Angeles present: In naming Peter Zumthor the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, the jury noted that "All of Peter Zumthor's buildings have a strong, timeless presence. He has a rare talent of combining clear and rigorous thought with a truly poetic dimension, resulting in works that never cease to inspire." The son of a cabinet-maker who apprenticed to a carpenter before studying in Switzerland and New York, Zumthor began his career as an architect working for the Department of Preservation of Monuments of Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. He established his own practice in 1979 in Haldenstein, Switzerland. Zumthor is a professor at the Academy of Architecture Università della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio and has been a visiting professor at the University of Southern California and SCI-ARC, the Technische Universität in Munich, and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Among his many awards are the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association (2008), the Carlsberg Architecture Prize (1998), the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (1999), and the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2008). His works include the Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland; the Field Chapel to Saint Nikolaus von der Flüe near Cologne, Germany; the Kolumba Museum in Cologne; Protective Housing for Roman Excavations, Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland; Saint Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland; Homes for Senior Citizens, Chur, Masans, Graubünden, Switzerland; Spittelhof Estate, Biel-Benken, Baselland, Switzerland; and Kunsthaus Bregenz, Vorarlgerger, Landesgalerie, Breganz, Austria. Bing Theater | Tickets: $12; $10 AIA & LACMA members; $5 seniors 62+ and students with ID | Ticket Sales: 323-857-6010. LACMA