Building Quote by Helmut Jahn

“Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.”

Helmut Jahn

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You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you…

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When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.

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Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

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Success on one project does not necessarily mean success in the next project. You've got to be prepared in everything you do.

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I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

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A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

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The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

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A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.

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We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is…

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Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

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We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment.

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I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment…

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Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

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Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the…

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Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building…

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T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people…

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I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

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Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

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Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

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As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So…

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