The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was recognized with the Barrier-Free America Award by the Paralyzed Veterans of America, one of its highest and most prestigious honors. “The Kennedy Center demonstrates what accessibility and inclusion is supposed... more
Dimitra Tsachrelia has led the Hudson Valley office's projects since 2019 and contributed to the design of academic and arts institutions since 2008. Dimitra coordinated the Hudson Valley Architectural Archive and Research Library Building (2019), realized Catskill Creek Addition (2022), and... more
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building has been shortlisted for The Plan 2022 Award in the Culture Category. Texas sky opens 180° overhead above a luminous canopy covering the building. Characterized by porosity, seven gardens slice the perimeter, marking points of... more
Kaplankaya Dense Pack under construction, Akbuk, Turkey. Overlooking the Aegean Sea, a new eco-reserve of small town fragments, like islands in a preserved landscape of cultivated natural vegetation, will be characterized by advanced technologies in sustainability, while also anchored in... more
Steven Holl will deliver a lecture for Space.City August 5 at the Seattle Public Library. Revisiting “Questions of Perception,” the 1994 text he co-authored with Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Juhani Pallasmaa, the talk incorporates recent projects by Steven Holl Architects connecting... more
The American Institute of Architects bestowed the Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, WA, with the prestigious Twenty-five Year Award. The award was presented at the annual AIA conference in Chicago, IL, on Friday, June 24. “The Chapel of St. Ignatius... more
iCarbonX Headquarters under construction, Shenzhen, China. The relationship between the two tower geometries—in which the cylindrical tower rolls out of the other—becomes more evident as the matte, white fritted glass facades are installed. The curved tower for working together with... more
Steven Holl collaborated with composer Raphael Mostel to create “Four Birds,” on view in a garden-wide exhibition of birdhouses opening this Saturday at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The design is inspired by the first composition of French composer Olivier Messiaen,... more
In partnership with Marcela Steinbachová and SKUPINA Studio, Steven Holl Architects won first place in the international competition of 22 teams for the Terezín Ghetto Museum in the Czech Republic. Terezín, founded in 1780 as a military fortress, served as... more
May 2022 marks the centenary of composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001). “Architectonics of Music,” Steven Holl and Dimitra Tsachrelia’s Columbia GSAPP studio, departed from the music of Xenakis in 2017 and 2013. Co-taught with composer Raphael Mostel, the students translated music... more