"in order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction." Peter Zumthor

​"The architect is a sort of theatrical producer, the man who plans the setting for our lives.  Innumerable circumstances dependent on the way he arranges this setting for us.  When his intentions succeed he is like the perfect host who provides every comfort for his guests so that living with him is a happy experience" Steen Eiler Rasmussen