When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.
I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew. - Annabelle Selldorf
I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.
- Annabelle Selldorf
What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways. - Annabelle Selldorf
What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.
All clients think that they are architects. - Annabelle Selldorf
All clients think that they are architects.
To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more. - Annabelle Selldorf
To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.
So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body. - Annabelle Selldorf
So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.
The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye. - Annabelle Selldorf
The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.
I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye. - Annabelle Selldorf
I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.
Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not sug… - Annabelle Selldorf
Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not sug…
One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings. - Annabelle Selldorf
One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.
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