Steven Holl

This is a post about Steven Holl, an American architect. 

 

He was born in the year 1947. He was raised in Bremerton, Washington. 

He graduated from the University of Washington and pursed architecture studies in Rome in 1970.

In the year 1976, he attended graduate school at the Architectural Association in London and later on and established his offices, Steven Holl Architects, in New York City.

Steven Holl also lectures part time in Columbia University since 1981. 

In 1988, he was awarded the Alvar Aalto Award, one of the biggest award in the architecture field.

He was also named Best Architect in America by Time Magazine in the year 2001. 

Steven Holl's architecture firm also won several awards ever since their establishment.

Holl's latest  award winning project is the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Denmark:

 

 

Steven Holl Architects' has completed many projects all over the world, they first started off with projects in North America and they slowly expanded their business to Europe and now in Mainland China. They also have some projects in Japan and South Korea.

Below are some of Steven Holl's best projects:

Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle

Helsinki Kiasama, Finland

Void Space Housing, Fukuoka

Pratt Institute Higgins Hall, Brooklyn

Hangzhou Music Musuem, Hangzhou

Horizontal Skyscraper, Shenzhen

Sarphatistraat Offices, Amsterdam

Apart from buildings, skyscrapers, renovations, he designed several furniture.

Hingeles Front Cabinet

Riddled Table

Riddled Cabinet

Even at the age of 62, Steven Holl is still very active in his architecture caeer. He's still working on several international projects.