New Maggie's Centre by Steven Holl opens in London with Translucent Glass Façade

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Architect
Steven Holl Architects.- Steven Holl (design architect, principal). Chris McVoy (senior partner in charge). Dominik Sigg (project architect, associate).
Project Team
Bell Ying Yi Cai, Gemma Gene, Martin Kropac, Christina Yessios
Client
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust (Maggie's)
Area
6,534 sq ft
Dates
2010-2017
Collaborators
Landscape architect.- Bradley Hole-Schoenaich. Associate architects.- JM Architects. Engineer.- Arup (civil, climate, and mechanical). Historic building advisor.- Donald Insall Associates. Lighting consultant.- L'Observatoire International. CDM Coordinator.- Floor Projects LLP. Code consultant. Butler & Young.- Planning advisor.- DP9. Cost estimator.- Gardiner & Theobald. Construction manager.- Sir Robert McAlpine. Archeology.- MOLA. Glass consultant.- Arup

STEVEN HOLL

Steven Holl was born in 1947 in Bremerton, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970. In 1976 he attended the Architectural Association in London and established STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS in New York City. Considered one of America's most important architects.He has realized cultural, civic, academic and residential projects both in the United States and internationally. Most recently completed are the Cité de l'Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France (2011).

Steven Holl is a tenured Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and Planning. He has lectured and exhibited widely and has published numerous texts.

Recently the office has won a number of international design competitions including the new design for the Contemporary Art Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, USA) and he has been recognized with architecture's most prestigious awards and prizes. Recently, he received the RIBA 2010 Jencks Award, and the first ever Arts Award of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards (2009). In 2006 Steven Holl received honorary degrees from Seattle University and Moholy-Nagy University in Budapest. In 2003 he was named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Steven Holl is a member of the American National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the American Institute of Architects, the American Association of Museums, the Honorary Whitney Circle, the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the International Honorary Committee, Vilpuri Library, of the Alvar Aalto Foundation.

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