Anchoring

by Steven Holl, illustrated (Illustrator)

VG- 1st ed 1989 cloth-bound hardback, illustrated. Minor surface marks to cloth, bright and unmarked. More by Holl available. Quantity 1. Shipped 2. Architecture; 0408500468. ISBN/ 9780408500463. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory 098490.

Genres: Architecture

148 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947) is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri,[1] and the praised 2009 Linked Hybrid mixed-use complex in Beijing, China.

Holl graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970. In 1976, he attended graduate school at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and established his offices New York City. Holl has taught at Columbia University since 1981.

Holl's architecture has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current concern with a phenomenological approach; that is, with a concern for man's existentialist, bodily engagement with his surroundings. The shift came about partly due to his interest in the writings of philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and architect-theorist Juhani Pallasmaa.

Reviews

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

For research. I really enjoyed the author's perspective on architecture and his play-on-words title. The images were excellent and helped me to rethink architecture as an art rather than a profession.

[Munazza Tanveer]

it is good

[Tim Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh.. just an okay book. Lacks substance and the pictures of the spaces don't help as much as I'd like.