Steven Holl Architects often explores stone elements as a marriage of material innovation and cultural reference – glazing the built form with color, craft, and history. Ceramic, with its glazed sheen and tactile depth, brings a handmade quality and durability suited to both exterior and interior applications. Experiments with translucent ceramic skin gives certain buildings a lantern-like glow. The result is buildings that are as evocative as a handcrafted bowl, yet scaled to the cityscape, rooting contemporary design in the timeless language of fired earth.