Water colour sketch for St. Ignatius Chapel in Seattle by Steven Holl from our Steven Holl monograph

Are some people right in thinking that American architect Steven Holl is today's Le Corbusier? Certainly, there are some similarities. For instance, as Robert McCarter, acclaimed architecture critic and writer of Phaidon's comprehensive new Holl monograph points out, just like Le Corb, this 67-year-old rises every morning and spends the first few hours of daylight painting.

More significantly though, he also points out that Holl, like his Swiss-French counterpart, tries hard to engage with the ideals of enriching and expanding human experience without getting bogged down by dominant forms or trends. He also remarks on how “we can give Holl no higher praise than to repeat one of those critical insights that makes the rest of us jealous for not having first thought of it: that 'Steven Holl’s St. Ignatius Chapel in Seattle will prove to be the Ronchamp of our generation'." .......Continue Reading

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