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I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.
Annabelle Selldorf
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I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it located, what are the circumstances, where can I attack the problem, so to speak. How can you create a narrative for people moving through it? How can you convey its character?
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I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.
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The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.
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So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.
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To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.
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I was brought up to reuse things.
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I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.
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When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.
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I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.
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