What distinguishes the work of the internationally renowned US architect Steven Holl is not only his extraordinary buildings with a focus on cultural and public buildings such as museums, art centers, concert halls, libraries and universities worldwide, but also his oeuvre of drawings, which to date comprises more than 50,000 sketches, black and white drawings and watercolors. Steven Holl's international career began in 1988 when he won the competition to expand the America Memorial Library in Berlin. The large-format black and white drawings of his winning design are also the focus of this exhibition at the Museum of Architectural Drawing.

The foundation of his work is based on Holl's three "principal missions": the art that drives architecture, the need for ecological excellence and the importance of space, light, material and detail as experimental phenomena. The exhibition presents, among others, unrealized projects for the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice (1990) and Porta Vittoria in Milan (1986) as well as designs for well-known buildings such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (1993-1998), St. Ignatius Chapel for Seattle University (1994-1997), Maggie's Centre in London (2012-2017) and The REACH, Kennedy Center in Washington (2012-2019). The tour ends with Holl's sketches for his lakeside retreat in Rhinebeck near the Hudson River, his "ideal place" for drawing.

Visitors to the exhibition can only experience a small part of his overwhelming graphic work, but each of his drawings should be discovered and studied for themselves. That is what Steven Holl wants. The exhibition, curated by Kristin Feireiss, will be accompanied by a catalog. On the occasion of the exhibition opening on February 6, 2025 at 5 pm in the Aedes
Metropolitan Laboratory, Diana Carta, architect and scientist (Rome), will hold a discussion with Steven Holl and Sergei Tchoban.

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