Peter Zumthor Thinking ArchitecOP Author:Princeton Arch Staff The creative act in which a work of architecture comes into being is beyond all historical and technical knowledge. Its focus is on the dialogue with the issues of the time. At the moment of its creation, architecture is bound to the present in a very special way. It reflects the spirit of its inventor and gives its own answers to the questions ... more »of the time through its user-oriented form and appearance, its relationship with other works of architecture, and its association with the place where it stands.« less