STEVE HOLT!

hhhey possible nephew

Charles, I agree...his ouvre doesn't send me any overarching message (though it's certainly not crap), but this work is amazing.

@1 -- What are you banging on about? It's Holl, as Charles wrote.

Holl specializes in buildings that are intended to enchant in photographs, or from a million miles away. They are not, however, intended to serve useful functions in well-knit urban environments. Notice here the vast amount of vibrant street life and community.

More than half of the area of downtown Kansas City is surface parking or street -- featureless asphalt. Charming, I'm sure.

How come there's no hot girl in the pic?

@5 -- She's in there, you can bet -- fingering herself in front of the Thomas Hart Bentons.

@4 -- Fnarf, please, settle down...the Atkins is in the midst of a large park, across the river from downtown. It's not meant to be woven into anything other than the building to which it adheres.

Charles, you linked to the photo! You are my new hero.

The people of KC are very proud of that building. If it pleases them it should be counted as a success since they have to live with it.

Hmmm, large park, what was I going to say ... oh, I know ... nifty!

I was just there a few weeks ago. That addition is completely at odds with the original Nelson-Atkins, and it's pretty jarring. I say it's a failure, though this pic of it is amazing.

@7, I am opposed to large parks.

Where do you have your public sex?

So how are you supposed to get into the thing, swim?

@12 - we know. I am opposed to squirrels pelting you with nuts from trees in large parks, on the grounds that it's a waste of good nuts.

Mr. Poe, the reflecting pool is great for public sex, at night, when they turn the lights down low ... but avoid the squirrels, they're all carrying mange.

Keshmeshi, it's KC. There's a 20,000 car parking lot on the other side of it.

http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?id=19&worldmap=true

actually, you are looking at the parking garage. it's under the water, and one may view the sky through the water via those white openings. seeing the plans before they began i was quite afraid, but it all works much better than i ever thought it would.