BERLIN.- The work of internationally renowned US architect Steven Holl is distinguished not only by his extraordinary buildings, with a focus on cultural and public structures such as museums, art centers, concert halls, libraries and universities worldwide, but also by his artistic oeuvre, which today comprises more than 50,000 sketches, black-and white drawings and watercolors.
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Steven Holl’s international career took off in 1988 when he won the competition for the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek in Berlin. The large-format black-and-white drawings of his winning design are the centerpiece of the exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation’s Museum for Architectural Drawing.
Holl’s work is grounded in his “three principal missions”: art that drives architecture, the necessity of ecological excellence and the significance of space, light, material and detail as experimental phenomena. Among other works, the exhibition includes unrealized projects for the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice (1990) and Porta Vittoria in Milan (1986), as well as drafts for well-known buildings such as Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art in Helsinki (1993–1998), Chapel of St. Ignatius for the Seattle University (1994–1997), Maggie’s Centre in London (2012–2017) and The REACH, Kennedy Center in Washington (2012– 2019), culminating with sketches for Holl’s lakeside retreat in Rhinebeck, near the Hudson River – Holl’s ʻideal placeʼ for drawing.
While exhibition visitors will only encounter a small portion of his extensive body of work, each drawing should be explored and studied individually, in keeping with Holl’s intent.
The exhibition, curated by Kristin Feireiss, is accompanied by a catalog.
On the occasion of the exhibition opening, Diana Carta, architect and scholar (Rome), will hold a conversation with Steven Holl and Sergei Tchoban on February 6, 2025 at 5 pm in the Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory.
Steven Holl was born in 1947 in Bremerton, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970. In 1976, he joined the Architectural Association in London and in 1977 established STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS.
Steven Holl has received the 2016 VELUX Daylight Award in Architecture, the 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award for Architecture, the 2012 AIA Gold Medal, the 2010 RIBA Jencks Award, and the first ever Arts Award of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in 2009.
Steven Holl is a tenured Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has also taught at the University of Washington, Pratt Institute and the University of Pennsylvania.
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