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Steven Holl’s Sports Complex For Columbia Looks Like A Transformer

24/05/2013

Steven Holl’s first building in New York is packed with the architect’s signature, whimsical flourishes. After designing (...)
Steven Holl’s first building in New York is packed with the architect’s signature, whimsical flourishes. After designing buildings all over the world, from Helsinki to Beijing, the New York-based architect Steven Holl has finally completed his first freestanding structure in the city. Unfortunately, it’s on a neglected corner lot at Manhattan’s northernmost point--a less than prominent location for Holl’s belated New York debut. In New York, his adopted city of 35+ years (Holl was born and trained in Seattle), Holl has only done a few small galleries and interior renovations. It wasn’t for lack of trying. Holl has been involved, in varying capacities, in many of the city’s most significant urban projects: the High Line, Hudson Yards, and the World Trade Center. In each case, Holl’s proposals were either disregarded as architectural reveries or passed over for less inspired alternatives.Read Full Story    
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