German Apple Pancake. After a good night’s sleep, who is not eager to start the day with a temping breakfast—an English word referring to “breaking the fasting period of the previous night.” It’s a morning ritual that defines the day’s first meal and is often referred to as “the most important meal of the day.” Each country favors ingredients that create breakfast specialties that leave us with memorable flavors and visual feasting.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Peter Zumthor, the lemniscate, Part 2
Peter Zumthor, the lemniscate, Part 2. While one finds many free-standing architectural masterpieces that utilize a single geometrical shape, few buildings have had an impact on me more than Peter Zumthor’s (1943-) Caplutta Sogn Benedetg near Sumvtig, Switzerland (1985-1988). The chapel, its siting and usage of materials, and the all-encompassing interior space are pure poetry.
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Peter Zumthor, the chapel at Sumvtig, Part 1. Whether you are a student or an architect, you will remember visiting a famous architectural work for the first time. Confronting one’s ‘academic’ knowledge with an in-situ (often through sketching) experience often results in moments of epiphany followed by long lasting memories. Architecture has a tremendous physical power in orchestrating the five senses, eliciting different emotions, and often leaving us speechless in front of the grandeur of a masterpiece.
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