Book Review: Intertwining
Intertwining by Steven Holl, published by Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. Hardcover, 176 pages. (Amazon)
About halfway through Steven Holl's second small-format monograph for Princeton Architectural Press sits the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland. Better known as Kiasma, the building's concept lies in the intertwining of nature and culture, determined by site, program and imagination. The project's location in the book is intentional, it serving as an important marker in Holl's career, where he becomes an architect on the international scene, where he abandons strict orthogonality for an architecture that embraces curves, and where the scale of his built work grows beyond primarily houses and interiors. With the first monograph, Anchoring, covering buildings and projects from 1975-1988 and Intertwining spanning 1989-1995, the next installment is just about due, with many notable designs continuing the architects development beyond these two initial concepts.
About halfway through Steven Holl's second small-format monograph for Princeton Architectural Press sits the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland. Better known as Kiasma, the building's concept lies in the intertwining of nature and culture, determined by site, program and imagination. The project's location in the book is intentional, it serving as an important marker in Holl's career, where he becomes an architect on the international scene, where he abandons strict orthogonality for an architecture that embraces curves, and where the scale of his built work grows beyond primarily houses and interiors. With the first monograph, Anchoring, covering buildings and projects from 1975-1988 and Intertwining spanning 1989-1995, the next installment is just about due, with many notable designs continuing the architects development beyond these two initial concepts.
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