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Quote by Helmut Jahn
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away. – Helmut Jahn

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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. – Helmut Jahn

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architecture
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Helmut Jahn
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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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I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character. – Maya Lin

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Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. – Arthur Erickson

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Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. – Le Corbusier

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Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. – Goldwin Smith

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