"Architectural meanings are nothing but fictions"
Steven Holl's recent proposal for Dublin, and its tenuous reference to a landmark 160 miles away, is symptomatic of architects' obsession with fake meanings, says Sean Griffiths. More
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Damage to Steven Holl's Reid Building revealed following Mackintosh fire
Steven Holl's extension to the Glasgow School of Art will need repairs following damage sustained during the fire that destroyed the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building. More
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Steven Holl to overhaul University College Dublin with design referencing Giant's Causeway
Steven Holl Architects has won a competition to revamp Ireland's largest university, with a proposal featuring buildings that reference the geological forms of the Giant's Causeway. More
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Steven Holl's Glassell School of Art in Houston features a sloped rooftop garden
Architect Steven Holl has completed a concrete and glass art school at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, where students can relax in an outdoor sculpture park and a ramped roof garden. More
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Steven Holl to build French museum with fortress-inspired concrete towers
White concrete towers are reflected in a series of pools in Steven Holl's competition-winning design for the Le Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, France. More
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Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art comprises sculptural blocks of zinc and translucent glass
Architect Steven Holl has built an exhibition and performance centre for Virginia Commonwealth University, which has been captured by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan. More
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Steven Holl completes luminous Maggie's Centre next to Britain's oldest hospital
American architect Steven Holl has unveiled his Maggie's Centre for cancer patients in London, featuring a facade of translucent white glass dotted with coloured panels. More
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Steven Holl unveils winning design for Doctors Without Borders operation centre in Geneva
Steven Holl Architects is teaming up with Rüssli Architekten to create a new headquarters for a major humanitarian organisation in Geneva, which will feature walls of tinted photovoltaic glazing. More
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Steven Holl's arts complex for Princeton surrounds courtyard reflecting pool
New York firm Steven Holl Architects has completed a multi-building arts complex for Princeton University, linked by a concourse underneath a large reflecting pool. More
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Steven Holl's curvy-roofed addition to Houston arts museum breaks ground
Construction has begun on a wedge-shaped building by American architect Steven Holl for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which will provide a new entry point to the campus. More
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Holl, Libeskind and Snøhetta strongly condemn Trump's travel restrictions
Steven Holl has called for the impeachment of Donald Trump, while Daniel Libeskind has described the US president's recently imposed travel restrictions as "an affront to our freedom and core values". More
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Steven Holl unveils Shanghai cultural complex to be built from white concrete
Steven Holl Architects has revealed plans to build a health and cultural complex in Shanghai, comprising a pair of white concrete blocks punctured by the firm's signature cutouts. More
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Steven Holl carves boolean voids from artist hideaway in New York state
Three-dimensional shapes are cut out from areas of this artist residence in Upstate New York by Steven Holl Architects, which claims the house can sleep five guests despite having "zero bedrooms". More
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Visual Arts Building by Steven Holl opens at the University of Iowa
American firm Steven Holl Architects has completed an Iowa art school that consists of irregularly stacked concrete volumes sheathed in weathering zinc and stainless steel. More
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Steven Holl's Bloch Building in Missouri recaptured in photographs by Iwan Baan
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has taken new images of the Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins art museum, which show the structure as it enters its 10th year (+ slideshow). More
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Steven Holl unveils visual arts centre for historic Pennsylvania college
Steven Holl Architects has revealed designs for a Pennsylvania arts centre with a sculptural, white form that references a kite. More
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Steven Holl, Levenbetts and Leong Leong "unpack the cube" for a New York exhibition
American firms Steven Holl Architects, Levenbetts and Leong Leong have produced cube-themed objects and sculptures for a new exhibition at Manhattan's Chamber gallery. More
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Steven Holl to build Copenhagen skyscrapers linked by 65-metre-high cycle bridge
New York architect Steven Holl has finally received the go-ahead to build a pair of skyscrapers in Copenhagen harbour, linked by a pedestrian and cycle bridge 65 metres above the water's surface. More
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Construction starts on Steven Holl-designed Maggie's Centre at London's oldest hospital
Construction has begun on Steven Holl's controversial Maggie's cancer-care centre at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital, which the architect says will respect rather than mimic its historic setting. More
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"In New York, architecture with a sense of social purpose is becoming increasingly rare"
Opinion: as super-thin residential towers for the super-rich sprout up across Manhattan, inequality has begun to take architectural form, writes leading US architect Steven Holl. More
