瑞士建築師彼得･祖姆特(Peter Zumthor)，在瑞士的瓦爾斯村設了一棟溫泉會館，一九九三年至一九九六年動工興建，座落在既有的五棟酒店建築群之中。祖姆特的設計雖然簡單，但他完全將瓦爾斯的天然景緻與建物融合，同時又沒有影響到舊有酒店的視野。祖姆特充份應用當地的石材、天然光、湧泉，再加上獨到的創意，打造出一棟令人心曠神怡的溫泉會館。
Vals原本冬季吸引滑雪人潮，夏天引誘健行的登山客的傳統觀光業；1996年歸功Zumthor傑出的設計，使新完工的Thermal Bath一時聞名泉世界（2年之後Therme即成為瑞士政府保護的建築： "A lesson in courage and aesthetics, a unique archaic bathing and therapy landscape replete with quiet sensuality, a spa such as the has never been seen before。建築界與報章雜誌的宣傳如虎添翼，再配合當地全面有機農作的飲食推廣與發展，目前整個光觀組織已經成為當地居民永續經營下最主要的經濟來源。
內部有大小不同空間變化的水池：Fire Bath水溫42度C，Ice Bath14度C，另有Flower溫水區，Sound Bath，Sweat＋Steam Stone蒸汽浴和日光浴，休憩區及按摩區。
利用當地石材處理牆面，冷調中有一種寧靜的美感
THE THERME:«Mountain, stone, water - building in the stone, building with stone, into the mountain, building out of the mountain, being inside the mountain - how can the implications and the sensuality in the association of these words be interpreted, architecturally? The whole concept was designed by following up these questions; so that it all took form step by step.» Peter Zumthor
Thermal Bath：The Felsen-Therme is a rectangular construction with stacked walls of Valser Quartzite quarried only two kilometres from the Therme. 60,000 stone slabs were used in the complex. （以上的英文及圖片取自網路）
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