"I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away." ― Helmut Jahn Topic(s): Architecture More From Helmut Jahn "America has always imported history." "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 achieve the same result?" More In Architecture "Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it’s really difficult."― Robert Palmer "Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art."― Adolf Loos "In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture."― Arne Jacobsen