Steven Holl Architects is an internationally recognized, innovative architecture and urban design studio with locations in New York, Beijing, and the Hudson Valley. Steven Holl founded the firm in 1977 and leads the office with partners Noah Yaffe, Roberto Bannura, Dimitra Tsachrelia, and Olaf Schmidt. Steven Holl Architects is recognized for the ability to shape space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to catalyze the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design at multiple scales, from minimal dwellings, to university works, to new hybrid models of urbanism. The firm has realized architectural works around the world, with extensive experience in the arts, campus and educational facilities, and residential work, as well as mix use and office design, public works, and master planning.