Peter Zumthor / in Conjunction with Rainer Weitschies Kolumba – Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne (1997–2007) Photograp...

Peter Zumthor: 1943 born in Basel; 1958 apprenticeship as cabinet maker; 1963 School of Design, Basel, preliminary course and spec...

Building contractor: Erzbistum Köln/ Generalvikariat Generalvikare: Norbert Feldhoff, Dominik Schwaderlapp Diözesanbaumeister...

When Kolumba’s architectural competition was tendered, the question concerning the materials to be used played an important role a...

October 2016 – Summer 2019 The Brick Walls Need to Dry Why Kolumba is under scaffolding The scaffolding on Kolumba's...

Topping-out ceremony 16th March 2006 Speech by Joachim Cardinal Meisner Unser Haus Kolumba ist ein Ort, an dem sich seit 20...

Laying the Foundation Stone 1 October 2003 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner

Archaeological site

November 2001 Peter Zumthor – Workshop Drawings, Models, Materials (to the exhibition)...

"In order to sensitize perception: We desire a lively museum that corresponds to the reality and the dignity of what already exist...

During the course of World War II, St. Kolumba church was nearly entirely destroyed. Only parts of the exterior walls, the stump o...

Pastoral Team: Father Josef Bodensteiner (Guardian of the Friary and Rector Ecclesiae of St Kolumba); Father Gabriel Weiler; Fathe...

With up to 10,000 parish members and due to its geographical expansion, St. Kolumba was the largest parish in the medieval city of...