Discussions in Architecture: Steven Holl with Preston Scott Cohen

This event features Steven Holl in conversation with Preston Scott Cohen, Chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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 attended the Architectural Association in London and established STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS in New York City.
Steven Holl has realized cultural, civic, academic and residential projects both in the United States and internationally. Notable work includes the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland (1998), the Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, Washington (1997), the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (2007), and the Horizontal Skyscraper-Vanke Center (2009). The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf museum, a collaboration with Solange Fabião opened in Biarritz in June 2011; the Daeyang House and Gallery will open in Seoul, Korea in Spring 2012, and the Nanjing Sifang Art Museum will open to the public in October 2012. Currently in design are the new University of Iowa Arts Building; the Princeton University Center of Creative and Performing Arts; the new Doctorate's Building at the National University of Colombia, in Bogota; and the Queens Library in Long Island City, NY. Under construction are the large mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China; the Beirut Marina and Town Quay; the new Glasgow School of Art; and the Campbell Sports Center at Baker Athletics Complex at Columbia University.
Steven Holl is a tenured Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and Planning. He has lectured and exhibited widely and has published numerous texts including Anchoring (1989), Parallax (2000), Luminosity/Porosity (2006), House: Black Swan Theory (2007), Architecture Spoken (2007), Urbanisms: Working With Doubt (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) and Hamsun Holl Hamarøy (Lars Müller Publishers, 2010). Most recently published are his new books Horizontal Skyscraper (William Stout Publishers, 2011), Scale (Lars Müller Publishers, 2012) and Color Light Time (Lars Müller Publishers, 2012).

[@Ricoy504]

ótimo trabalho steven!prabéns pelo seu trabalho sou seu fã! good job!

[@moalthawy]

da best architect ever, wish 2 be his student just 4once

[@bobmellarchi]

very interesting

[@rayissimo]

Steven is one of the starchitect that introduce a new vocabulary in architecture realm with his own genre and philosophy of light. bravo!

[@tap51tap51]

2:51 You misspelled architect. Get it together, Harvard.

[@chapmaniac84]

Preston Scott Cohen sounds like Mr. Garrison

[@canweng5546]

王石居然到哈佛去了.

[@eligevivir7]

easy to br starchitect whithout a wife haha

[@nicolaasleach]

Don't be obedient! and then you will finish your degree in a 100 years.

[@ledonjiji]

I'm moderately disappointed with this conversation. Preston Scott Cohen has quite a difficult time asking questions. He seems to have to improvise them, and they have no substance, it's just chatter... Not a serious conversation.

[@CookieMonsterPL]

I can't believe how poorly the interview is lead... Steven's a genius and all you need to make for a great interview is have a bunch sensible, chronological, SHORT questions and let the man speak... And why on earth start with your own analysis before even hearing him out... just ridiculous how Mr. Cohen seems to ruin something that is seemingly impossible mess up.

[@swunt10]

ugly and tasteless. like most modern architecture this is not timeless and not worth restoring when it gets older. there is no style and it's not beautiful. this is just attention grabbing boringness. "oh look my fassade is just concrete without anything else". great, nice bunker design. or "look my building has a strange geometrical form". WOW like any modern building, so innovative. it looks shit but it's a triangle. great.

[@keviniiiiii4750]

You cannot understand what art is until you truly experience it in real life. I just visited Steven Holl's St. Ignatius Chapel in Seattle. The exterior was a little disappointing, but goddamn, the interior was music to my eyes.