

(Bremerton, 1947)
Presenting undulating facades and roofs, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building adds gallery space for the collection of one of the largest museum institutions in the United States. The building consolidates the campus formed by the original edifice, the
On the banks of the East River, a branch of the Queens Public Library addresses a call for community space in an almost exclusively residential neighborhood. The building, low and compact, takes up little ground, and makes the much used riverside par
Yuzi Paradise is envisioned as a vacation resort in the midst of twenty-two mountains that make up the singular landscape of Guilin. The site extends over 540 hectares of undeveloped land which already has the ideal natural features to become a parad
With new studios and rehearsal spaces on the banks of the Potomac River, the Kennedy Center ensures itself a place at the forefront of the federal capital’s cultural scene. Striking a contrast with the bold building designed by Edward Durell Stone, t
The firm of Steven Holl – with offices in New York and Beijing – in collaboration with Architecture Acts – a Prague practice established by Hana Petrik and Martin Kropac – has won the competition to build the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra’s new home
Seven cutouts favor natural ventilation and lighting, connecting horizontally and vertically the almost 12,000 square meters. The building houses the visual arts departments and is adjacent to another project by the same architects: the Art Building
In Queens, on a prominent site along the East River, the new library is a 2,000 square meter aluminum-painted concrete structure. Glazed cuts in the facade grant views of Manhattan and show the interior circulation paths, organized by bookshelf flank
St. Barts Hospital is expanded with this support center for cancer patients. Adjacent to the 17th century stone structure by James Gibbs, the interior branching structure has an outer layer of matte white glass with colored glass fragments recalling
Sited on a busy intersection, the building has a double front: one side opens from the city, the other from the sculpture garden. The 4,000 square meters are organized in four branching and superposed galleries that reference the parallel narratives
The redevelopment of the campus includes a school of art and a new museum, next to the existing buildings by Mies and Moneo and the Noguchi sculpture garden. The museum is characterized by porosity and a curved roof that lets natural light enter in a
The expansion, of 6,000 square meters, consists of three pavilions, one of them with a walkway connecting the center to the river, an idea from the initial concept of 1959. The terraced design favors light and ventilation in the building, most of whi
The first thoughts of Steven Holl (Bremerton, Washington, 1947) are always captured in thick paper notebooks with sure brushstrokes in watercolor; deft essays on forms and spaces that the architect visualizes, in which color and light are never mere
Desde su apertura, el Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston se ha nutrido de colecciones legadas por pudientes benefactores que han tenido que acomodarse en sucesivas ampliaciones del edificio neoclásico original. En la estela de las adiciones de Mies van
The Hunters Point Community Library is one of the finest public buildings New York has produced this century. But it cost more than $40 million, took a decade and almost died. Against a phalanx of mostly dreary new apartment towers, the soon-to-open
With the publication of Robert McCarter’s monograph ‘Steven Holl’ for pretext, Juhano Pallasmaa takes stock of the American architect’s singular work.
Steven Holl The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2014 the awards – endowed wit
Coming with an endowment of 15 million yen (almost 109,000 euros), the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale has since 1989 been given yearly to five artists in five fields: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Film/Theater. The 2014 la
Mackintosh is to Glasgow as Gaudí is to Barcelona: no architecture guide is complete without mention of the most admirable example of Arts & Crafts, the Glasgow School of Art, nor without naming it Scotland’s most important modern construction. T
Steven Holl The 1947-born Steven Holl was the 2012 recipient of the AIA Gold Medal, the most important award that the American Institute of Architects bestows yearly to distinguish the work of professionals who have had an influence on architectural
Author of a single constructed building but of a vast body of graphic works, Lebbeus Woods was perhaps one of the last of the visionary architects.
Steven Holl ha recibido la Medalla de Oro 2012 del AIA (American Institute of Architecture), el más importante galardón que otorga la institución americana, y que reconoce cada año el trabajo de los profesionales con mayor influencia en la teoría y l
Steven Holl The first edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture awards, presented by the Fundación BBVA with the collaboration of the CSIC, has chosen the American architect Steven Holl as winner in the Arts category. The jury, formed by fiv
Steven Holl acaba de concluir en Shenzhen su segundo proyecto de escala colosal en China: el Vanke Center, más conocido como rascacielos horizontal (véase AV Proyectos 34). Con la altura del Empire State en horizontal, el edificio, apoyado sobre ocho