Facts and Figures
Architect
Peter Zumthor
*1943 in Basel, Switzerland
Buildings (selection)
1996 Therme Vals
1997 Kunsthaus Bregenz
2007 Bruder Klaus Feldkapelle, Wachendorf
2007 Kolumba, Cologne
2011 Steilneset Memorial, Vardø
2016 and ongoing, Extension Building for
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
Prizes (selection)
1998 Mies van der Rohe Award
for European Architecture for
Kunsthaus Bregenz
2008 Praemium Imperiale
2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize
2010 Tageslicht Award
The Building
26.57 x 26.57 x 30 m
28,000 m3 enclosed space
3,340 m2 floorspace
450 m2 of exhibition floorspace on each floor
Administration Building
8.35 x 21.57 x 11m
2,680 m3 enclosed space
540 m2 floorspace
Costs
285 Mio. Austrian schillings (20.5 Mio. €)
of which construction costs: 200 Mio. Austrian schillings (15.75 Mio. €)
Steel Framework Façade
712 glass panels each 1.72 x 2.93 m (252 kg)
laminated security glass, comprising 2 x 10 mm float glass/white glass with 4 layers of film,
externally etched
prefabricated steel truss framework components
8 + 27 m (l), 4.4 m (w), 0.9 m (thk)
weight without glass: 180 metric tons
Load-bearing Structure
3 walls each approx. 72 cm thick
80 cm reinforced concrete slab ceilings
Glass Daylight Ceilings
705 panels (235 for each floor)
each 1.45 x 1.45 m (63 kg)
from laminated 2 x 6 mm float glass/white glass with two layers of film,
etched on the underside