December 9, 1947 - Steven Holl
Master of space, material and natural light - Stephen Holl Steven Holl He is a New York-based American architect and watercolorist. Holl graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970, but later moved to New York. For 10 years Holl slept in his office on a plywood shelf above the entry and showered at the nearby YMCA. University of Iowa Visual Arts Building Holls architectural philosophy is centred on human experience, maternity and engagement with the site and context. His inspiration comes from phenomological ideas of philosopher Maurice Marleau-Ponty and architect theorist Juhani Pallasmaa. Horizontal Skyscraper, Shenzhen, China His later work concentrated on urban-scale mixed residential and commercial projects in China, notably the Linked Hybrid, a building complex containing apartments, hotels, schools, and restaurants in Beijing, and the Vanke Cen...