On October 30th Steven Holl was awarded with an honorary degree, the Honoris Causa, at the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design Budapest (Hungary) for his outstanding oeuvre.
The predecessor of the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design Budapest, the Royal National School of Arts and Crafts, was founded in 1880. The Moholy-Nagy University currently trains artists in five major fields: architecture, industrial design, ceramics and glass, textile and visual communication. Among the earlier recipients of the degree is product designer Eva Zeisel.