Lectures by architect Peter Zumthor in Prague and Liberec

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, winner of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 2009, is coming to the Czech Republic for a several-day visit during which two lectures will take place.
                
Peter Zumthor: "3 buildings, 4 projects"
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 6:00 PM
Bethlehem Chapel
Bethlehem Square 4
Prague 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 12:45 PM
Technical University of Liberec
Congress Hall of Building "M" (Blue Lecture Hall)
November 17, 587/8
Liberec 15

The lectures will be held in English and will not be translated into Czech.
Due to limited capacity of the lecture halls, we recommend booking tickets in advance; more information on how to order tickets will be published on www.happymaterials.com.
(Ticket price is 200 CZK, reduced admission for students is 100 CZK - based on the presented index or student ID)

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In his lecture titled "3 buildings, 4 projects," Peter Zumthor will present 3 recently completed buildings, specifically the house and studio of P. Zumthor in Haldenstein, Switzerland, the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne, Germany, and the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel in Wachendorf, Germany. The lectures will also include 4 projects of unrealized buildings that architect Zumthor and his team are working on. Among them is, for example, a project for the new use of a former coal mine in southern Norway.

Peter Zumthor is coming to the Czech Republic at the invitation of the association Šumná města and Happy Materials company. The trip is sponsored by SWISS, the Swiss embassy in Prague, the Faculty of Architecture of ČVUT Prague, the Faculty of Architecture of TU in Liberec, and Winkhaus CR.