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When curators at New York City's Museum of Modern Art were preparing the current exhibit of the work of Steven Holl, the architect did not just settle back and wallow in the flattery of the high Establishment. Instead, Holl -- who is opinionated, uncompromising and, concerning architectural details, fussy to...
He demanded that MOMA mount only black-and-white photographs of his work because he believes color photos encourage an appreciation of the merely picturesque in architecture. He insisted that some of the walls of the gallery be covered with rough plaster, like many of Holl's own interiors. And...
Since he has completed only a dozen architectural works, Holl is best known for the dinner plates and candlesticks he designed for the upscale marketers Swid Powell. But in his buildings he has found a way out of architecture's tired to-and-fro between caricature modernism (the neurotic Rubik...
Residents have also said that Planning Board Chair Paul Dietrich has a conflict of interest in the case because his architectural firm owns property near the site. That property might increase in value were Gund's project to be built.
But La Tremouille said that what he termed Dietrich's conflict of interest should invalidate any ruling. Dietrich's architectural firm owns 1050 Mass. Ave., the value of which will rise sharply once Gund's project is developed, La Tremouille said.