banners, pop-ups or other distracting noise. No 'click me,' 'tweet me, 'share me,” 'like me.' No advertising. Behind all this there is the certainty that we can do better than the fast, distracted web we know today, where the prevailing business model is: 'you make money only if you manage to distract your readers from the contents of your own site.' With divisare we want to offer the possibility, instead, of perceiving content without distractions. A long, patient job of cataloguing, done by hand: image after image, project after project, post after post. Every Collection in our Atlas tells a particular story, conveys a specific viewpoint from which to observe the last 20 years of contemporary architecture. Our model was the bookcase, on whose shelves we have gathered and continue to collect hundreds and hundreds of publications by theme. So we began to build divisare not vertically, but horizontally. From the composition and presence of materials to the handling of proportions and the effect of light, this poetics of architecture allows the reader to recapitulate what really matters in the design of the house.May be because we wanted to distinguish divisare from the web that is condemned to a sort of vertical communication, always with the newest architecture at the top of the page, as the 'cover story,' 'the focus.'Ĭontent that was destined, just like the oh-so-new architecture that had just preceded it a few hours earlier, to rapidly slide down, day after day, lower and lower, in a vertical plunge towards the scrapheap of page 2. The images of the spaces and buildings that affect him are just as important as some musical pieces or books that inspire him.

In nine short, illustrated chapters, framed as a self-observation process, Peter Zumthor describes what he has in mind while striving to create the atmosphere of his home. Surrounding Objects“, representing the concept of Zumthor’s art and inspiration. One of the most famous books of the famous architect is “ Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. His buildings explore the tactile and sensory qualities of spaces and materials, while retaining a minimalist sense. Peter Zumthor is a renowned Swiss architect who enjoys notoriety in the world of architecture, winning a number of distinctions in this area, including the Pritzker Prize (one of the most prestigious architectural awards, often resembling the Nobel Prize).

Peter zumthor atmospheres book