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I definitely believe in ideas driving a design, and that makes me different from the people who pretend to be phenomenologists. I am very different from them: you must have an idea to drive a design. I am much closer to Peter Eisenman or Zaha Hadid than I am to Zumthor. Le Corbusier always had an idea; and so did Louis Kahn. That's for me enormously important. I also believe that you don't need to know what that idea is to appreciate a building. -Steven Holl in Architectural Review

"""The most comprehensive monograph... The words provide an impressive perception and authority"" —Surface Magazine ""This volume treats Holl as one of the greatest living architects... This is a well-illustrated must-have for students of the architect's work."" —Metropolis ""This uncommonly intelligent monograph shows why Holl is likely the next American recipient of the vaunted Priztker Architecture Prize."" —San Francisco Chronicle ""This is one for inspiration"" —Selectism ""I definitely believe in ideas driving a design, and that makes me different from the people who pretend to be phenomenologists. I am very different from them: you must have an idea to drive a design. I am much closer to Peter Eisenman or Zaha Hadid than I am to Zumthor. Le Corbusier always had an idea; and so did Louis Kahn. That's for me enormously important. I also believe that you don't need to know what that idea is to appreciate a building."" —Steven Holl in Architectural Review ""McCarter's prodigious output of architectural monographs reaches new heights with this penetrating volume."" —Publishers Weekly ""Steven Holl has a new monograph that any diehard fan would love to get their hands on."" —Archinect ""Headlining the best new architecture titles.""—Architectural Digest ""Phaidon's richly illustrated book on Holl's work.""—Architizer ""Holl's routine of painting each morning echoes [Le Corbusier's] approach to architecture as a fine art... McCarther provides a methodical and suitably studious narrative... The range of work is truly impressive and has a consistent rigour... This substantial monograph demonstrates Phaidon's usual flair for high production values.""—RIAS Quarterly ""[R]evisit [Holl's] impressive oeuvre... with his new monograph.""—Archinect ""Richly Illustrated.""—Archdaily"

The most comprehensive monograph... The words provide an impressive perception and authority -Surface Magazine This volume treats Holl as one of the greatest living architects... This is a well-illustrated must-have for students of the architect's work. -Metropolis This uncommonly intelligent monograph shows why Holl is likely the next American recipient of the vaunted Priztker Architecture Prize. -San Francisco Chronicle This is one for inspiration -Selectism I definitely believe in ideas driving a design, and that makes me different from the people who pretend to be phenomenologists. I am very different from them: you must have an idea to drive a design. I am much closer to Peter Eisenman or Zaha Hadid than I am to Zumthor. Le Corbusier always had an idea; and so did Louis Kahn. That's for me enormously important. I also believe that you don't need to know what that idea is to appreciate a building. -Steven Holl in Architectural Review McCarter's prodigious output of architectural monographs reaches new heights with this penetrating volume. -Publishers Weekly Steven Holl has a new monograph that any diehard fan would love to get their hands on. -Archinect Headlining the best new architecture titles. -Architectural Digest Phaidon's richly illustrated book on Holl's work. -Architizer Holl's routine of painting each morning echoes [Le Corbusier's] approach to architecture as a fine art... McCarther provides a methodical and suitably studious narrative... The range of work is truly impressive and has a consistent rigour... This substantial monograph demonstrates Phaidon's usual flair for high production values. -RIAS Quarterly [R]evisit [Holl's] impressive oeuvre... with his new monograph. -Archinect Richly Illustrated. -Archdaily

This volume treats Holl as one of the greatest living architects... this is a well-illustrated must-have for students of the architect's work. -Metropolis This uncommonly intelligent monograph shows why Holl is likely the next American recipient of the vaunted Priztker Architecture Prize. -San Francisco Chronicle This is one for inspiration -Selectism I definitely believe in ideas driving a design, and that makes me different from the people who pretend to be phenomenologists. I am very different from them: you must have an idea to drive a design. I am much closer to Peter Eisenman or Zaha Hadid than I am to Zumthor. Le Corbusier always had an idea; and so did Louis Kahn. That's for me enormously important. I also believe that you don't need to know what that idea is to appreciate a building. -Steven Holl in Architectural Review McCarter's prodigious output of architectural monographs reaches new heights with this penetrating volume. -Publishers Weekly Steven Holl has a new monograph that any diehard fan would love to get their hands on. -Archinect

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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 taught previously at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991-2001, and Columbia University, among other schools. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include: 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.

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