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Building Quotes by Helmut Jahn
- Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
- 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…
- A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in…
- Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how…
- I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration…
- I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.
- We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.
- Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.
- A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.
- Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.
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