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metropolis feature
may 1998


brillance


interior of Helinski museum



Kiasma's fifth-floor gallery is typical of Steven Holl's design in its multiple sources of natural light, and in the rich variations of light it achieves.

(photo: Jussi Tantien)


chapel of st. ignatius sketch



Holl's sketch "Seven Bottles of Light in a Stone Box," captures his formal conception of the Chapel of St. Ignatius in Seattle.

(courtesy of Steven Holl Architects)


door detail at the Chapel of St. Ignatius




The entry door of the chapel is carved out of Alaskan yellow cedar and admits light through holes drilled at angles.
(photo: Paul Warchol)


interior of St. Ignatius chapel



The view of the altar down the chapel's aisle, affords a rare encounter with intense, undiffused natural light.

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