Annabelle Selldorf Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.”

“The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.”

“There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the most exquisite marble applications. That sounds ostentatious, but it wasn't, given the context. The color white I subscribe to extensively. I love thinking about color, but I often go with white.”

“I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it located, what are the circumstances, where can I attack the problem, so to speak. How can you create a narrative for people moving through it? How can you convey its character?”

“There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture.”

“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 never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.”

“I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.”

“I was brought up to reuse things.”

“What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.”