Steven Holl
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Steven Holl is a New York–based American architect and watercolorist.
Steven Holl in Helsinki, Finland in 2008
Steven Holl's design for Simmons Hall of MIT won the Harleston Parker Medal in 2004.
Bloch Addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007
Kiasma, Helsinki, 1993-1998
Kiasma
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Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. Kiasma is
Steven Holl
…1992 international competition for Helsinki's new museum of contemporary art, Holl's proposal Chiasma was selected as the winner and the museum, named Kiasma, opened to the public in 1998. The name Kiasma derives from the Greek chiasma, meaning "crossing". Holl designed the Chapel of St. Ignatius (built…
The northern side of the Kiasma building
Under construction in Autumn 1996
Nearly complete in Autumn 1997, with the now-demolished VR warehouses on the northern side
Front lobby