STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS

November 12, 2025 — Steven Holl in Conversation with Peter Eisenman: Cornell AAP Island Editions

University of Pennsylvania Student Performing Arts Center tops out! The new center frames a vibrant gateway to the historic campus, bringing together flexible performance and rehearsal spaces as a hub for the student performing arts community.

Hudson L-House serves as a live-work space for modern furniture gallerists in Upstate New York. Shortlisted for THE PLAN Awards (House/Completed) and Dezeen Awards (House/Urban) 2025.

‘Z’ Space, a new 1,200-square-foot artists’ residency studio and pavilion in Pound Ridge, NY, has broken ground. The studio is designed as work and exhibition space for a visual or performing artist or small collectives.

Selected Projects

Ostrava Concert Hall

2023–2027

Student Performing Arts Center, UPenn

2023–2026

Holl Kaplankaya

2023–2026

Terezín Ghetto Museum

Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building, MFAH

2011–2020

Winter Visual Arts Center, Franklin and Marshall College

2016–2020

The REACH Kennedy Center

2012–2019

Hunters Point Library

2010–2019

Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University

2007–2017

Ex of IN House

2015–2016

More Projects

Architecture is a form of poetry written in space, light, and material. We seek a level of meaning that goes beyond function to reach the metaphysical aspect of design. Each site offers a poetic link to what a building can be.

The 1,300-seat concert hall for the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic, is the new home for the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, the leading Czech symphony orchestra.

The Luminist Architecture of Steven Holl — CBS Sunday Morning

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ANCHORING

We aspire to architecture unique to its site and circumstance. Rather than imposing a style, we aim to realize poetic and functional architecture where each site is the physical and metaphysical foundation.

PERCEPTION

We believe in the experiential dimensions of architecture: natural light, daily and seasonal changes, fusion with landscape, spatial progressions, water, materials, and details. Architecture, like music, is an immersive experience.

INTERTWINING

We engage communities and expert consultants from the beginning of each design. Collaboration underlies our process and advances our aspirations of inclusivity, accessibility, and ecological innovation.