Steven Holl in Films and Conversations with the Architects

A lecture and Q&A;with world-renowned architect Steven Holl will follow the premiere screening of the film "Steven Holl: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building." To purchase tickets to the event, follow this link: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=175925. The film, produced in 2008, runs 30 minutes and was directed by Tom Piper. Generally acknowledged as one of the most artistically-minded architects practicing today, Mr. Holl has just completed a museum considered the apex of his 33-year career the Bloch Building for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Here Holl designed a linear series of subterranean galleries from which luminous, sculptural shards of channel glass, which he calls "lenses," emerge from the earth along the eastern edge of the original, 1933 Beaux-Arts museum. In this enlightening film visit, Holl takes us through the galleries where contemporary art is displayed beneath curving vaults admitting daylight, a tour effectively demonstrating the convergence of space, time, and architecture. To view more information: http://aiany.org/calendar/event.php?id=1014421 Center for Architecture | 536 LaGuardia Place; New York, NY 10012