Drop of water 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