Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.
Helmut JahnYou'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 JahnYou 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 JahnA city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.
Helmut Jahn