Steven Holl Interview: Spaces Like Music

The soul has more need for the ideal than the real, says American architect Steven Holl, who here shares his organic approach to creating architecture that can potentially change peoples lives. Architecture begins with a site and a circumstance, a situation and a programme according to Holl. Therefore it should be reinvented for every situation instead of simply aiming for a signature style. Holls focus is thus on the place rather than on the need to strengthen a given brand, which seems prevalent in