Steven Holl
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Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947, Bremerton, Washington) is an American academic architect best known for the 1988 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and the controversial 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT.
Holl graduated from the University of Washington in 1970, established his offices in New York City in 1976, and has taught at Columbia University since 1981. In 2000, Holl was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Holl was named as "America's Best Architect" by Time Magazine in 2001.
Other projects:
- Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Planar House (Cottle Residence), Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Turbulence House, New Mexico
- Expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri
- St. Ignatius Church, Seattle, Washington
- Sarphatistraat Offices, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
- Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Center Section, Brooklyn, NY
- Storefront for New Architecture, New York City
- Kiasma, the national Finnish modern arts gallery in Helsinki.