Annabelle Selldorf

I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.

— Annabelle Selldorf

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you…

— Annabelle Selldorf

When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.

— Annabelle Selldorf

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in…

— Annabelle Selldorf

All clients think that they are architects.

— Annabelle Selldorf

Everything is complicated about using concrete - the discipline and dedication necessary to make consistent batches, understanding exactly how the formwork will…

— Annabelle Selldorf

What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.

— Annabelle Selldorf

There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the…

— Annabelle Selldorf

So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.

— Annabelle Selldorf

I was brought up to reuse things.

— Annabelle Selldorf

I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen,…

— Annabelle Selldorf

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

— Annabelle Selldorf

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make…

— Annabelle Selldorf

The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.

— Annabelle Selldorf

I think when you look at architectural photography it doesn't help to have piles of old clothes lying on the floor. Architectural…

— Annabelle Selldorf

Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the…

— Annabelle Selldorf

To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place -…

— Annabelle Selldorf