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 spe...

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 sei...

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...

The “Madonna in den Trümmern” chapel, which is integrated into Kolumba but has its own independent use, was built in 1949 to a de...

Gottfried Böhm: 1920 born in Offenbach am Main; 1946 studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich under Hermann Lei...

The Franciscan Friars Minor have been in charge of the parish of St. Kolumba since 1958. There was already a branch of the Friars...

The chapel is open daily from 9.30 am to 7 pm. It is home to the former parish of St Kolumba. Since 2010, the church communi...

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