When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question. Annabelle Selldorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality. Annabelle Selldorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote
So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body. Annabelle Selldorf Read Quote
I know I’m old-fashioned, but there’s just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There’s a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection. Annabelle Selldorf Read Quote
