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

  • Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

  • I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

  • It's 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 don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

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