Steven Holl : written in water.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holl, Steven.

Contributor:

Müller, Lars, 1955-

Safran, Yehuda.

Architektur Zentrum Wien.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holl, Steven.

Architectural drawing--United States--20th century.

Architectural drawing.

Watercolor painting, American--20th century.

Watercolor painting, American.

United States.

Physical Description:

382 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 13 x 18 cm

Other Title:

Written in water

Place of Publication:

Baden, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishing, 2002.

Summary:

Built as a diary, the 365 watercolors reproduced in Written in Water represent the creative process of famed American architect Steven Holl. Holl's highly individual method of capturing in watercolors his initial ideas and sketches for all major buildings and competition projects was developed over many years. As an architect, Holl is known for the sculptural qualities he gives to structures and for his genuine use of light -- two qualities which are in tune with the characteristics of the watercolor technique. Among the increasingly high-tech working methods common to his profession, Steven Holl's reliance on a highly artistic and resolutely low-tech process becomes spectacular and inspiration.

Notes:

"365 watercolors 1992-2002"--P. [9]

"A selection of 365 images, each from a different day of the year ... Lars Müller and I decided to make a selection from the years 1992-2002 on the occasion of my exhibition at the Architekturzentrum in Vienna."--P. [5].

Includes "Without questions: a soliloquy conversation" between Yehuda Safran and Steven Holl in February 2002.

ISBN:

390707887x

OCLC:

50169115