I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
Helmut Jahn
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More quotes by Helmut Jahn
- A city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive.
- Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
- I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
- It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
- The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.