Award-winning architect Steven Holl has expressed his dismay of modern-day architecture to Metropolis Magazine. Although Steven Holl Architects (SHA) have recently won the design competition of a gateway building at University College Dublin, and have completed new buildings in London, Houston, Virginia, and Richmond this past year only, the architect is convinced that regardless of all the success, ?it?s not a great moment, there are a lot of bad architects?.

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Award-winning architect Steven Holl has expressed his dismay of modern-day architecture to Metropolis Magazine. Although Steven Holl Architects (SHA) have recently won the design competition of a gateway building at University College Dublin, and have completed new buildings in London, Houston, Virginia, and Richmond this past year only, the architect is convinced that regardless of all the success, ?it?s not a great moment, there are a lot of bad architects?.According to Holl, design is not what it once was, as it lacks strength and discipline. Architects are no longer concerning themselves with space, instead they are invested in functionality and programs. His undying devotion to forms of art and traditional architecture practice is reflective in his studios and workflow. His offices are often swamped with models and sketches, inducing the same technique onto the architects and designers at his firm. A project begins with a series of watercolor sketches and is developed into a ser...