Steven Holl is the principal of Steven Holl Architects. He is one of America's best-known architects, having been awarded the Praemium Imperiale in 2014, the AIA Gold Medal in 2012 and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in 2002, among other prizes. In 2001, Time Magazine declared him "America's best architect". He is also a professor at Columbia University and an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has written several books on architectural theory, including Urban Hopes (2013), Horizontal Skyscraper (2011) and Making Architecture (2018).