Steven Holl

Rather than object-based form, this urban architecture gets its character from its subtractive qualities. If sculpture is in two types, additive and subtractive, this form is of the subtractive type. The ground floor provides porosity through the building, while the perimeter activates the site with retail stores. The ground level space is paved in rough […]

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Steven Holl has completed an exhibition and performance centre for Virginia Commonwealth University, which has been captured by photographer Iwan Baan

Towering volumes of white concrete are reflected in a series of pools in Steven Holl's design for the Le Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, France.

Image 20 of 20 from gallery of Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum / Steven Holl Architects. Photograph by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

VIII. Of Sound An example of a piece of music and an architecture demonstrates that music has its materiality in instruments and sound while architecture has its materiality in light and space. For instance in previous example the water is the overlapping refraction of...

two light grey concrete buildings sit within an expansive riverside site for steven holl architects' first completed project in shanghai.

The exposed concrete structure of the house is formed in three simple elongated rectangles with one turned open like a Swiss Army knife. Two rectangles set perpendicular to a river enclose the house. The third rectangle, on two piers, is completely open to the horizon, forming a viewing terrace parallel to the river. The two […]

Kiasma Museum Of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 1998. © Steven Holl. Courtesy Steven Holl Architects. Photograph: © Paul Warchol

Steven Holl Architects has completed a multi-building arts complex for Princeton University, linked by a concourse underneath a large reflecting pool.