We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.
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Helmut Jahn
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About Helmut Jahn
Helmut Jahn was a German and American architect, known for projects such as The Center Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, among others.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Helmut JahnA city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive.
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.
The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.
The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.
The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.
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 achie…
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
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Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
A city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive.