Steven Holl. image © Jason Rodgers

Doors open at 2:30pm, seating is first come, first served
Conversation 3:00pm – 4:15pm
Booking signing 4:15pm – 4:45pm

On Saturday December 5th, Steven Holl and Robert McCarter will discuss the new Phaidon monograph Steven Holl at the New York Public Library, Stephen A Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium. In its seventh year Architectural Explorations in Books, initiated and organized by Arezoo Moseni, is a series of engaging programs delving into the critical role that architecture publications play in the understanding of contemporary urban developments and structures. The events feature book presentations and discussions by acclaimed architects, critics, curators, designers, photographers and writers.

Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and has been Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis since 2007. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include Aalto (2014); Carlo Scarpa (2013); Understanding Architecture, co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); Louis I Kahn (2005); On and By Frank Lloyd Wright: A Primer of Architectural Principles (2005); Frank Lloyd Wright (1997); Unity Temple (1997); and Fallingwater (1994), all by Phaidon Press. He has also published Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References (2012); Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Lives(2006); and William Morgan: Selected and Current Work (2002), among other books.

Copies of the book are available for purchase and signing at the end of event.

image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects

image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects

Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1994-1997; view from reflecting pond, 1997. Reprinted from Steven Holl (Phaidon, 2015). image © Paul Warchol.

Chapel Of St. Ignatius, Seattle, WA, United States, 1994 - 1997. image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects.

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