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News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has today been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. 快讯：瑞士建筑师彼得·卒姆托今天（译者注：2012年9月27日）被宣布为今年的皇家建筑金奖的获得者。
Awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the medal is presented annually to an architect in recognition of a lifetime’s work and previous recipients include Herman Hertzberger, David Chipperfield and I. M. Pei. 这个奖项由英国皇家建筑师协会每年颁发一次，授予给一位建筑师以表彰他的终身工作与成就。先前的获得者包括：赫曼·赫茨伯格、戴维·奇普菲尔德和贝律铭。
Zumthor, who was also awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2009, is best known for designing the Therme Vals thermal baths in Switzerland and the Kunsthaus Bregenz gallery in Switzerland Austria, where he is currently showing an exhibition of his models. 卒姆托（也是2009年普利兹克奖的获得者）以设计了位于瑞士的瓦尔斯温泉浴场和位于奥地利的布累根斯艺术博物馆而广被人知。卒姆托目前正在布累根斯艺术博物馆展出他的模型。
His first project in the UK was the 2011 summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in London and he is currently working on a hill-top retreat in Devon as part of Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series. 他在英国的第一个项目是在伦敦蛇形画廊的2011夏季馆，他目前正在设计德文郡的一个山顶寓所，作为阿兰·德波顿居住建筑系列的一部分。
Zumthor will receive the award from the Queen in a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London on 6 February 2013. 卒姆托将在2013年2月6日在伦敦举行的英国皇家建筑师协会颁奖仪式上，从女王手里接过奖章。
Here’s the announcement from the RIBA: 这是英国皇家建筑师协会的声明（译者注：因时间关系，暂未翻译）：
Peter Zumthor to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
The world renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been named today (Thursday 27 September 2012) as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal.
Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence “either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture”.
Known for running a small yet powerful and uncompromising practice, Peter Zumthor founded his award-winning firm in 1979 in Switzerland. His most celebrated projects include the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, the Therme Vals (thermal baths) in Vals, Switzerland and the Kolumba Art Museum in Cologne. He designed London’s 2011 Serpentine Pavilion and is currently designing a house in Devon for philosopher Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture architect-designed holiday home scheme.
He is exceptionally talented at creating highly atmospheric spaces through his mastery of light and choice of materials. Zumthor’s buildings, such as his small rural chapels and the Thermal Baths at Vals, are an experience for all the senses, with every detail reinforcing the essence of the building and its surroundings.
RIBA President Angela Brady, who chaired the Honours Committee which selected the Royal Gold medal winner said,
“Peter Zumthor’s work renews the link with a tradition of modern architecture that emphasises place, community and material practice. His writings dwell upon the experience of designing, building and inhabitation while his buildings are engaged in a rich dialogue with architectural history. I will be delighted to present him with the Royal Gold Medal.”
Peter Zumthor will be presented with the Royal Gold Medal on Wednesday 6 February 2013 at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, during which the 2013 RIBA International and Honorary Fellowships will also be presented.
This year’s RIBA Honours Committee was chaired by RIBA President Angela Brady with architects Peter Clegg, Yvonne Farrell, Professor Adrian Forty, Niall McLaughlin and Sarah Wigglesworth.
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