The keywords “Cologne” and “Church” inevitably triggers of thoughts of the famous Cologne Cathedral. But there's yet another interesting religious house, especially for friends of modern architecture. Kolumba is the name of the Archdiocese of Cologne, which was built in 2007 at the same spot of the Roman church St. Kolumba which was destroyed during the war. With his building, the Swiss Pritzker award recipient Peter Zumthor incorporates the foundations of the destroyed church into his design, like the chapel “Madonna in ruins”, and counteracts them with modern concrete architecture. Both the architecture as well as the exhibits forge a bridge between old and new. Every year, works from the own collection are shown in multiply changing contexts and in a very private atmosphere, thereby making no use of any descriptions at all.