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The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, espec

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions. – Helmut Jahn

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You dont know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they dont talk to you. Theres very little interaction. – Helmut Jahn

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Beauty
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Its 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 dont need as long as youre able to achieve the same result? – Helmut Jahn

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architecture
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A city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive. – Helmut Jahn

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architecture
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Helmut Jahn
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In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, its modern architecture. – Nancy Banks Smith

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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects. – Benjamin Haydon

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The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines. – Saul Steinberg

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Todays developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise. – Arthur Erickson

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