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When I work, I work very hard. When I don't work, I have to do something where my endeavor can totally take me off what I do professionally, like sailing. It takes all your attention.

~Helmut Jahn

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For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

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Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find that I can work when I travel and work when I run. There is nothing like, on a rainy day, to work.

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We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is recyclable, while wood isn't.

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A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.

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Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

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Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

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

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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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A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Architect

Born: January 4th, 1940

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