Steven Holl Architects’ Cité de l’Océan et du Surf wins award in 2011 annual design review

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France, designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião, has received a 2011 Annual Design Review Award. About the museum, juror Joe Valerio stated, “The thing that is beautiful about this is the idea that it’s about the surf. You take an architectonic form and you make it roll like the ocean, and then the function slips underneath. To connect the surf with the function underneath, you have this [...]

Architect Steven Holl awarded the 2012 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal

WASHINGTON, DC.- The Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects to award the 2012 AIA Gold Medal to Steven Holl, FAIA. The AIA Gold Medal, voted on annually, is considered to be the profession’s highest honor that an individual can receive. The Gold Medal honors an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Holl will be honored at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, D.C. Holl and his firm, [...]

The MFA Houston Selects Three Architecture Firms to Submit Design Proposals for an Expanded MFAH

HOUSTON, TX.- Cornelia Long, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announced at yesterday’s annual meeting of the board that the MFAH has selected three architecture firms—Morphosis, Snøhetta and Steven Holl Architects—to submit conceptual design proposals for an expanded MFAH. The project entails the construction of a building intended primarily for post-1900 art, a parking garage and the integration of surrounding MFAH buildings and public spaces. The decision follows several years of focused internal [...]

Victoria & Albert Museum at Dundee Designs Unveiled

DUNDEE.- Six stunning designs for the V&A at Dundee project will be unveiled at an exhibition in Abertay University library this Wednesday (29 September). The ‘V&A at Dundee – Making it Happen’ exhibition features work from the six shortlisted teams of world-class architects and designers who have put forward outstanding ideas for a landmark building that will house the V&A at Dundee and dominate Dundee’s waterfront. Delugan Meissl Associated Architects were formed 15 years ago and are based in Vienna [...]

Steven Holl Architects Chosen to Design the New Queens Library at Hunters Point

NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Holl Architects has been selected to design the new library at the Queens West Development at Hunters Point. This new library will provide state of the art library services to the community, as well as offer a space for community programming. The new Queens Library is sited with spectacular views over the East River and major landmarks, such as the UN Building and the Roosevelt Memorial by Louis I. Kahn under construction on Roosevelt Island. It [...]

Steven Holl Architects Wins Two International Architecture Awards

NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Holl Architects has received International Architecture Awards for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark. The awards, administered annually by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies honor “new and cutting-edge design” and aim to promote “excellence in architecture and urbanism from a global point-of-view.” The Knut Hamsun Center, completed August 2009, is dedicated [...]

Steven Holl Architects Presents Su Pietra at the Castle of Acaya in Lecce

LECCE, ITALY.- Steven Holl Architects presents Su Pietra, an exhibition of recent projects in China and Europe, which is being held at the Castle of Acaya in Lecce, Italy. The exhibition illustrates the design process of Steven Holl Architects, from conception to its current form, documenting the collaborative process of model making, drawing, and animation. In the exhibition, Steven Holl Architects’ recent projects merge with the early-16th-Century Castle of Acaya, with high-definition projections being cast onto the stone walls. It [...]