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Peter Zumthor

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Peter Zumthor (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈtsuːmtoːɐ̯]; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Zumthor has received more than 584,851 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Zumthor is the 67th most popular architect (up from 68th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 69th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Architect.

Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize. He is most famous for his work on the Therme Vals in Switzerland, the Kolumba museum in Cologne, Germany, and the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria.

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  • 580k

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  • 69.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Peter Zumthor ranks 67 out of 518. Before him are Giuliano da Sangallo, Aldo Rossi, Buckminster Fuller, Josef Hoffmann, Charles Garnier, and Bruno Taut. After him are Domenico Fontana, Pierre Lescot, Isidore of Miletus, Senenmut, Marcel Breuer, and Erich Mendelsohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Zumthor ranks 55. Before him are Klaus von Klitzing, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Billie Jean King, Pervez Musharraf, Andreas Baader, and Terrence Malick. After him are Mohammed Badie, Betty Williams, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Jean-Claude Killy, Ralph M. Steinman, and Antonio Tabucchi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Zumthor ranks 72 out of 1,015. Before him are Siegfried Wagner (1869), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Richard R. Ernst (1933), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Lys Assia (1924). After him are Domenico Fontana (1543), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), and Werner Arber (1929).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Switzerland

Among architects born in Switzerland, Peter Zumthor ranks 4. Before him are Le Corbusier (1887), Francesco Borromini (1599), and Carlo Maderno (1556). After him are Domenico Fontana (1543), Mario Botta (1943), Hannes Meyer (1889), Max Bill (1908), Bernard Tschumi (1944), Pietro Lombardo (1435), Carlo Fontana (1638), and Adolphe Appia (1862).

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