Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.
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The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.Helmut Jahn
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?
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German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!
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I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.
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Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.
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I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.
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