Darkness Quotes by Steven Holl

Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that.

— Steven Holl

Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of…

— Steven Holl

I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake,…

— Steven Holl

Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.

— Steven Holl

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

— Steven Holl

Architecture is bound to situation. And I feel like the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link, to what a building can be.

— Steven Holl

I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors,…

— Steven Holl

My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat…

— Steven Holl

I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere.

— Steven Holl

I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.

— Steven Holl

I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it's scary how things can go wrong. But if there's no risk involved, it's…

— Steven Holl

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits,

— Steven Holl