A book dedicated to the newly constructed expansion of the Kennedy Center that provides a new topology for performing-arts centers and a view of how art is made, designed by one of America’s most influential architects.

As the first major expansion in Kennedy Center history, the REACH breaks down boundaries between audience and art. Set adjacent to the Kennedy Center along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the REACH is set to open in 2019. As a “living memorial” for John F. Kennedy, the Center for the Performing Arts takes an active position among the great presidential monuments of the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. Steven Holl Architects envisions the expansion of the building to fuse with the landscape and river, connecting the Kennedy Center to the Potomac riverfront for the first time: walk through a grove of thirty-five ginkgo trees, watch a free outdoor simulcast performance projected on a wall in a public park, or look out at the Potomac from a river pavilion café. The book offers a comprehensive look at the history of the project and includes programming initiatives by the Kennedy Center to memorialize President Kennedy and his significant contribution to the arts and American culture.

About the Author:

Steven Holl is the founder and principal of Steven Holl Architects in New York. Holl has won many awards, and his work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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This book takes a close look at seven houses designed by Steven Holl, considered one of America's most influential architects. It offers the reader unprecedented access to the thought processes and work of this groundbreaking, cutting-edge architect through his own words and watercolors -- and more than 100 photographs.

This volume features seven of his residential houses and looks at his approach to modernist suburban residences, including two new homes finished in 2017. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Holl's prodigious genius through lavish and striking photographs as well as Holl's own descriptions. Considered one of America's most important architects, Holl is recognized for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to utilize the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design. Time magazine declared Holl "America's Best Architect" for his "buildings that satisfy the spirit as well as the eye."

About the Authors:

Steven Holl is the founder and principal of Steven Holl Architects in New York and the designer of all projects ongoing in the office. Steven Holl Architects, established in 1977, has won many awards and his work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2001 France bestowed the Grande Médaille d'Or upon him, for Best Architect of the Academy of Architecture; and in the same year Time Magazine declared him "America's Best Architect" for his "buildings that satisfy the spirit as well as the eye." Holl has lectured and exhibited widely and has published numerous texts, including Architecture Spoken (Rizzoli, 2007), Urbanisms: Working with Doubt (2009), and several others. Holl is a tenured professor in the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University and an architect in New York.

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard before moving to Paris, where he was editor-in-chief of the French art monthly Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. Jodidio has written over 90 books about contemporary architecture and art, including Tadao Ando: Venice, Tadao Ando at Naoshima, Tadao Ando Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, and I. M. Pei: The Complete Works for Rizzoli.

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На берегу Южно-Китайского моря в городе Шэньчжень американский архитектор Стивен Холл завершает реализацию уникального проекта – штаб-квартиры крупнейшей в Китае девелоперской компании Vanke. Офисы, отель и апартаменты «спаяны» здесь в единый объем, распластанный горизонтально и оторванный от земли – под землей при этом спрятан конференц-центр, спа и парковки. Общая длина надземного корпуса достигает высоты нью-йоркского Empire State Building, что делает определение «горизонтальный небоскреб», происходящее из эскизов Эль Лисицкого, оправданным при описании этого объекта. Такая архитектура, конечно, требует нетривиальных инженерных решений: небывалых величин достигают пролеты и выносы консольных частей. К тому же здание, находящееся в тропиках, имеет высочайшие показатели сбережения затрат на кондиционирование. Читателям журнала предоставляется возможность познакомиться и с архитектурным замыслом Холла, и с находками его партнеров – конструкторов, инженеров и строителей.