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Steven Holl

Steven Holl

About Steven Holl Architects
Founded in New York in 1976, Steven Holl Architects has offices in New York and Beijing with a staff of 35. The firm has been recognized internationally with numerous awards, and the work has been widely published and exhibited. In 2005 Steven Holl Architects completed several projects including two private residences, Higgins Hall Center Section at the Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY), the Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park (Southern Connecticut) and Loisium Wine Visitor Center, Hotel and Spa (Langenlois, Austria).Recently Steven Holl Architects won fives international design competitions: Herning Center of the Arts (Denmark), Cité du Surf et de l'Océan (Biarritz, France), Sail Hybrid (Knokke-Heist, Belgium), Denver Justice Center (Denver, Colorado, USA), and Meander (Helsinki, Finland). Currently under construction are the Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China) and the Art and Architecture Museum (Nanjing, China). The School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) will open Sept 8, 2006. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art addition (Kansas City, MO) will be completed and open to the public in June 2007. (By Steven Holl Architects)

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