Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser. Steven Holl More Quotes by Steven Holl More Quotes From 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 architecture space links Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of the ear to carve a volume into the void of darkness. The space traced by the ear becomes a cavity sculpted in the interior of the mind. Steven Holl space darkness water You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits. Steven Holl always-trying limits world I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large. Steven Holl intense architecture thinking Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail. Steven Holl house giving thinking I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain. Steven Holl brain morning looks For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects. Steven Holl me you experience light The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting. Steven Holl other like whole interesting I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere. Steven Holl daily small me enough 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, I don't want to be categorized with them. Steven Holl buildings green god sorry I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young. Steven Holl me appreciate family silence My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat naturally to my work studio on the second level. Steven Holl glass heat design work 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 wrong nothing some never 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 not challenging. A good idea will survive any process. Steven Holl survive will good work
