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Helmut Jahn Quotes

German - Architect | January 4, 1940 -

Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the use of a certain type of glass might change the comfort level.

Change Light Enough Comfort Want

Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.

Job You Sometimes Want Accept Days

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

Attitude Architecture American Always

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

Integrity Architecture Lost Here USA

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

Building Looking Transparency Same

We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.

Experience Building You Unique See

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

Work Environment Buildings Create

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

Today America Wonder Place Here

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

Work Think Coincidence Fortunate

You don't 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 don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

Beauty People You Know Way Talk

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 take a cab just to go around the corner.

Walk City Think You Bad Down

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

Me Thinking Drawing Vice Vice Versa

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