Editing Peter Zumthor (section)

===''Peter Zumthor Therme Vals''===
[[File:Therme Vals wall structure, Vals, Graubünden, Switzerland - 20040530.jpg|thumb|Therme Vals, Switzerland]]
''Therme Vals'' is the only book-length study of this singular building. It features the architect's original sketches and plans for its design as well as [[Hélène Binet]]’s striking photographs of the structure. Architectural scholar Sigrid Hauser contributes essays on such topics as "Artemis/Diana," "Baptism," "Mikvah," and "Spring"—drawing out the connections between the elemental nature of the spa and mythology, bathing, and purity.

Annotations by Peter Zumthor on his design concept and the building process elucidate the structure's symbiotic relationship to its natural surroundings, revealing, for example, why he insisted on using locally quarried stone. Therme Vals's scenic design elements, and Zumthor's contributions to this book, reflect the architect's commitment to the essential and his disdain for needless architectural flourishes.<ref>{{cite book |url= http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=226061| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619215651/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=226061 |archive-date=19 June 2010 |date= March 2007 |title=Peter Zumthor Therme Vals |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Zumthor | isbn=9783858817044 |website=press.uchicago.edu| publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref>