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" I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away. "

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" The show is called 'The Office,' and while it focuses on the people, the architecture of the space is very important. "

Brian Baumgartner

" You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. "

" Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational. "

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