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Steven Holl Hardcover – Illustrated, October 26, 2015

by Robert McCarter (Author)
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Comprehensive monograph on one of America’s greatest living architects by award-winning author and architecture critic Robert McCarter.

This in-depth monograph is devoted to one of the leading United States architects on the contemporary scene: Steven Holl (b.1947). Richly illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs and Holl’s own watercolours, the book introduces the artist's personality and works, and the studio he founded in 1976, Steven Holl architects.

Holl studied architecture at the University of Washington at Seattle, and later in Rome and at the Architectural Association in London. He has worked both in the United States and in Europe, and a great deal in the East, especially in Japan. His most important designs, outstanding in their respect for the cultural and historical environment in which they are set, include the Makuhari residential complex in Japan, the St. Ignatius chapel at the University of Seattle, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki and the extension of the Cranbrook Institute of Science at Bloomfield Hills in Michigan.

A professor at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University, Holl has held courses and given lectures in several other institutions in the United States. He has won many awards, including the Arnold W Brunner prize for architecture in 1990, and the Alvar Aalto medal in 1998.

Robert McCarter has known and taught with Holl for over 30 years and provides an authoritative and personal examination of Holl and his work.

A must-own book for architects as well as for students of the discipline.

Richly illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs and Holl’s own watercolours.

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Presents the most important works, realized and unrealized, as well as examining the architectural principles, ordering concepts, and perceptual determinants underlying his design process

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School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1999-2006; concept watercolor

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, 1992-1998; upward view of staircase. Photo credit: Paul Warchol

Simmons Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1999-2002; window opening color corresponding to the structure diagram. Photo credit: Paul Warchol

Illustrated with beautiful architectural photography, as well as Holl's own drawings and watercolors

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"The most comprehensive monograph... The words provide an impressive perception and authority" ―Surface Magazine

"This volume treats Holl as one of the greatest living architects... This is a well-illustrated must-have for students of the architect's work." ―Metropolis

"This uncommonly intelligent monograph shows why Holl is likely the next American recipient of the vaunted Priztker Architecture Prize." ―San Francisco Chronicle

"This is one for inspiration" ―Selectism

"I definitely believe in ideas driving a design, and that makes me different from the people who pretend to be phenomenologists. I am very different from them: you must have an idea to drive a design. I am much closer to Peter Eisenman or Zaha Hadid than I am to Zumthor. Le Corbusier always had an idea; and so did Louis Kahn. That's for me enormously important. I also believe that you don't need to know what that idea is to appreciate a building." ―Steven Holl in Architectural Review

"McCarter's prodigious output of architectural monographs reaches new heights with this penetrating volume." ―Publishers Weekly

"Steven Holl has a new monograph that any diehard fan would love to get their hands on." ―Archinect

"Headlining the best new architecture titles."―Architectural Digest

"Phaidon's richly illustrated book on Holl's work."―Architizer

"Holl's routine of painting each morning echoes [Le Corbusier's] approach to architecture as a fine art... McCarther provides a methodical and suitably studious narrative... The range of work is truly impressive and has a consistent rigour... This substantial monograph demonstrates Phaidon's usual flair for high production values."―RIAS Quarterly

"[R]evisit [Holl's] impressive oeuvre... with his new monograph."―Archinect

"Richly Illustrated."―Archdaily

About the Author

Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and has been Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis since 2007. He taught previously at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991–2001, and Columbia University, among other schools. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include: Grafton Architects (2018); Marcel Breuer (2016); Steven Holl (2015); Alvar Aalto (2014); Carlo Scarpa (2013); Understanding Architecture, co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); and Louis I Kahn (2005), all by Phaidon Press. He has also published The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic (2017); The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture (2016); and Aldo van Eyck (2015), among other books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phaidon Press; Illustrated edition (October 26, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0714870218
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0714870212
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.48 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.25 x 1.13 x 11.75 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite monograph on the greatest US architect since Louis Kahn
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This is an exquisite monograph of the finest US Architect practicing today. It is a treasure of information about the working and thinking of this great Architect. The text by Robert McCarter is beautifully written as it articulates the vision of Steven Holl for each project, in addition to describing the building itself. I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Holl and and Mr. McCarter speak at IIT earlier this week. They were both great, provocative speakers. It was fascinating to hear Mr. Holl describe and show alternative models and conceptual drawings drawings for each project. His lecture reminded so much of a lecture by Louis Kahn that I attended in 1973. Both Holl and Kahn pursued incredibly powerful ideas that were rooted in the specifics of each project. Their buildings were loaded with richness and meaning that resonates with an intertwining of powerful conceptual ideas,appropriateness and beautiful execution. This is a wonderful book by the greatest American Architect in the last 50 years, since Louis Kahn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great-great book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2016
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The author Robert McCarter has superb insight in writing about the projects. The drawings and photographs are beautifully handled. The book is an architect's delight and is a significant addition to my architectural library.
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Janek B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent monograph
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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I have most of the Holl books. This and Frampton's are the best monographs covering his work.
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A scholarly tome! Very richly illustrated and insightful.
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