Insights: Helmut Jahn, FAIA

Helmut Jahn, FAIA

In this Insights interview, Mr. Jahn discusses his early influences, his passion for sketching, how he has incorporated technology into his design process, the importance of multi-disciplinary collaboration, why some architectural styles did not stand up

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Chapters

  1. Helmut Jahn, FAIA
  2. A Different Education
  3. I Broke All the Rules
  4. Adhering to a Goal
  5. Handwriting of an Architect
  6. Timeless
  7. "Archigeering" Guided by Knowledge
  8. Pay Offs in the Future
  9. Design Talent
  10. The Tower of Babel
  11. It's More Difficult Now
  12. Sampling of Projects
  13. Credits

Helmut Jahn, FAIA, is one of Chicago's most influential, innovative and prolific architects. Often described as a larger-than-life personality, the German-born architect has been practicing for close to 50 years and shows little sign of slowing down. Mr. Jahn has won international acclaim for his understated vocabulary rooted in European "Modernism and for his straightforward solutions that he refers to as "archigeering."


In this Insights interview, Mr. Jahn discusses his early influences, his passion for sketching, how he has incorporated technology into his design process, the importance of multi-disciplinary collaboration, why some architectural styles did not stand up to the test of time, and why he thinks his mid-sized practice can outperform larger firms.

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