Swiss architect Zumthor wins coveted Pritzker

摘要

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, a designer who spurns the limelight while creating a handful of meticulously crafted buildings at his alpine retreat, won his profession's top honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize.rnZumthor, 65 becomes the third native of Switzerland to receive what is described as the architecture world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.rnMany of Zumthor's works dot the mountainous canton, where he has lived and worked for the past 30 years, including his best-known project, Therme Vals.