Staying in Peter Zumthor's House
Peter Zumthor and his family rent three wooden cabins in the Swiss village of Leis and we were lucky enough to spend a weekend there in Nov'21. Zumthor also designed thermal baths in Vals that are formed from massive slabs of local stone. Visiting an Architect’s wooden house About 15min and 500m above the center of the town of Vals, in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, one finds the village of Leis with only a handful of houses and a church. Peter Zumthor has built 3 wooden structures in this village, and his family rents them! In the picture below, the highest left-most modern wooden structure is named Oberhus, and staying in it was one of my favorite experiences of living in Switzerland. ...