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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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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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Helmut Jahn
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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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I call architecture frozen music. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we – architects – can effect the quality of life of the people. – Richard Rogers

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You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at its best. – Ben Nicholson

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The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. – Rem Koolhaas

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