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?
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Helmut Jahn was a 20th-century American and american architect. Helmut Jahn was a German and American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, among others. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.”
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Building Two Alike

“A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.”
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“I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.”
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“The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.”
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“Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find that I can work when I travel and work when I run. There is nothing like, on a rainy day, to work.”
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“The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.”
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