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Top 25 Helmut Jahn Quotes (2025 Update)

Helmut Jahn Quote: “I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.”

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

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.”

2. “A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.”

3. “For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.”

4. “Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s also an intellectual one.”

7. “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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Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

8. “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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Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.”

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

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don’t care about daylight or fresh air.”

11. “Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don’t care about daylight or fresh air.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “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?”

12. “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?”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.”

14. “Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.”

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

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “We are creating a unique experience. It’s starts with how you see the building from a distance.”

16. “We are creating a unique experience. It’s starts with how you see the building from a distance.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “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!”

17. “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!”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.”

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

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.”

20. “I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity.”

21. “I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.”

22. “Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “When I came to America in the ’60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I’d come here today.”

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

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they’re special when they win a competition.”

24. “In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they’re special when they win a competition.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.”

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

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “America has always imported history.”

27. “America has always imported history.”

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Helmut Jahn Quote: “I’ve never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.”

28. “I’ve never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.”

— Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn Quote: “When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.”

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

— Helmut Jahn

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