STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS SEARCH - Key Persons
Chris McVoy has been with Steven Holl Architects since 1993 and was made partner in 2000. He is responsible for overseeing the projects in the New York office, working closely with Steven Holl and clients to finalize the program, design, and budget, and coordinating and managing the full consultant team, including associate architects. He has been the partner-in-charge and co-designer for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, the Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park, the Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University, and the Glasgow School of Art. He is currently partner-in-charge for the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, and the new Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa. Chris McVoy received his Bachelors Degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University. He was honored with a Guggenheim Studentship in 1985; a William Kinne Travel Fellowship and an American Scandinavian Foundation Grant.
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- PR Coordinator & Admin / Beijing
Chunyan Liu received a bachelor degree in Economics from Northwest A&F University in China in 2002. She joined Steven Holl Architects in April 2021.
Dimitra Tsachrelia received her Diploma in Architecture from the Patras University, School of Architecture, Greece in 2007. She obtained her M.Arch from Columbia University, GSAPP in 2008 and was awarded the Lucille Smycer Lowenfish Memorial Prize and the Honor Award for Excellence in Design. She joined Steven Holl Architects the same year. Among other projects and competitions, she worked on the Campbell Sports Center in New York, the Glasgow School of Art, and the VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA.
As an Associate at Steven Holl Architects (SHA), Dimitra is contributing to the design of academic and art institutions since 2008. She has led R&D projects and competitions and has worked on the Campbell Sports Center in New York (2013), the Glasgow School of Art (2014), the ‘EX of IN' House in Rhinebeck, NY (2016), the Institute for Contemporary Art for the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond (2018), the Architectural Library & Archive building in Rhinebeck, NY (2019) and the Janacek Concert Hall in Ostrava (currently in design). She designed and coordinated the launch of the exhibition ‘Steven Holl: Making Architecture' on world tour since 2018.
Dimitra received her Diploma in Architecture from the Patras University, School of Architecture. She obtained her MSADD with honors from Columbia University, GSAPP in 2008, where she also co-teaches with Steven Holl as Adjunct Assistant Professor. She is a licensed architect in NY State and is serving on the board of directors at the Steven Myron Holl Foundation (SMHF).
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- Managing Associate, Asia / Beijing
Eleanore Ho joined Steven Holl Architects in 2007. She graduated from New York University in 2005 with a master degree in Performing Arts Administration.
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- Archivist / New York City
Enrique Garcia received his B.F.A. in Fine Arts with a focus on sculpture from New York's Pratt Institute in 2017. He joined Steven Holl Architects and the Steven Myron Holl Foundation in 2018 where he manages exhibition logistics, coordinates all ‘T' Space traveling exhibitions, and handles public requests relating to the Steven Holl Archive.
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- Associate / New York City
Filipe Taboada received his architecture degree from Oporto Lusíada University in 2004 and joined Steven Holl Architects in 2006. He has worked on several projects such the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (Herning, Denmark), Cite De L'Ocean Et Du Surf (Biarritz, France), Horizontal Skyscraper-Vanke Center (Shenzhen, China), Queens Library (NY, USA), Frederic Malle Perfume Store (NY, USA) and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, TX, USA).
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- Junior Architect / Beijing
Han Yuan Edward Chang joined Steven Holl Architects in 2020. He received his Master of Architecture degree from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in 2014 and was awarded the Merit Graduate Thesis Prize. He is currently working on ChinPaoSan Necropolis in Taipei, Taiwan.
Jongseo Lee is a senior associate at Steven Holl Architects, and the associate in charge of all projects in Korea. Jongseo holds a M.Arch from Columbia University's GSAPP, and a M.Arch and B.Arch in Architecture Engineering from Yongsei University in Seoul, Korea. He has been the project architect for numerous projects in the office including the Daeyang Gallery and House (Seoul, Korea), Sliced Porosity Block (Chengdu, China), envelope design and construction administration for the Kennedy Center Expansion (Washington, D.C.), the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University (Princeton, USA), the Visual Arts Building at University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA), the Reid Building at Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, UK) and the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA). He has acted as project designer on Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China), and has been on the project team of the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (Herning, Denmark), Nanjing Sifang Art Museum (Nanjing, China), Horizontal Skyscraper-Vanke Center (Shenzhen, China), NYU Department of Philosophy (New York, NY), and the Beirut Marina and Town Quay (Beirut, Lebanon). Along with his built experience, Jongseo has led the team for several international competitions including WDPC (Seoul, Korea) and the Busan Cinema Complex (Busan, Korea). Currently, he is the associate in charge of Meander Housing (Helsinki, Finland) which he has overseen since the project's competition phase.
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- Junior Architect / New York City
Lirong received his Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University. Subsequently he earned his master's degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in 2018 and was awarded the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. Lirong joined Steven Holl Architects in June 2018. He has worked on several projects and competitions including the Ostrava Concert Hall.
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- Executive Assistant / Hudson
Marisa Espe received her M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and B.A. in History of Art from The Ohio State University. She joined Steven Holl Architects in the fall of 2020, where she coordinates scheduling, correspondence, and contact relations.
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- Director of Fabrication / New York
Michael Haddy joined SHA in early 2015 and has since been in charge of developing and maintaining the firm's state of the art prototyping and fabrication facility. Over the past few years he has been involved with many of the active projects at SHA, playing both architect and fabricator roles. His main research area is concentrated on interaction between digital fabrication methods and artistic craft, building and maintaining relationships with partnering fabricators and artists from all over the world. Many of the custom details the firm is known for originate in SHA shop such as lighting fixtures, castings, metals, glass, CNC millwork, 3D printed items, and much more. He holds a BA from Miami University and a Master of Architecture from University of Cincinnati's DAAP.
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- Senior Architect / Beijing
Moises received his degree of Architect from the Universidad de Chile in 2009. He earned a master's degree in Urban Design and Planning from Chongqing University, China in 2012. Moises joined Steven Holl Architects in 2019. He is currently working on ICarbonX in Shenzhen, China.
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- Managing Associate
- Managing Associate / New York City
Molly Blieden joined Steven Holl Architects in 1992, and has been involved in the financial and contractual management and shaped the public presentation of most projects in the office during that time. She also has maintained an independent career as a practicing artist and educator. Ms. Blieden received her BA from Princeton and her MFA from Rutgers University in 1992. She participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Studio Program in 1992-3.
Noah Yaffe has been with Steven Holl Architects since 2004 and was named partner in 2011. He attended Colorado College and received his Masters in Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He is currently the partner-in-charge for several projects, including the Rubenstein Commons at the Institute for Advance Study, and recently completed the Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University and the new Seona Reid Building at the Glasgow School of Art, in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Associate in Charge for several projects, including the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway, and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning Denmark, which both opened in 2009.
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- Senior Associate / New York City
Olaf Schmidt has been with Steven Holl Architects since 2002. He is the Associate in Charge of the Queens Library project for the Department of Design and Construction, and was Associate in Charge of the Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University in New York City, and the Knokke Heist Casino Development in Belgium. While at SHA he has been the Project Architect for the Residence at the Swiss Embassy in Washington (2006) and the Loisium Hotel in Austria (2005). Mr. Schmidt received his Masters Degree in Architecture from ETH Zurich.
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- Business Development & Marketing Coordinator / New York City
Rasha Lama received her B.Com in Sustainable Management from McGill University in Montréal, Canada. She joined Steven Holl Architects in the spring of 2022, where she manages new work proposals, client relationships, and award submissions.
Roberto Bannura has been with Steven Holl Architects since 2007 and was named partner in 2018. He oversees the projects developed in the Beijing office, working closely with Steven Holl and the New York team in design matters, while taking charge of the overall client and consultant team management. Roberto received his degree of Architect and Urban Planner from the Universidad de Chile in 1995, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He then continued his studies in Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile where he obtained a degree on Urban Economy in 1997. He has been the Associate-in-Charge for the Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, and the Project Director for Hangzhou Shan-Shui and the Ecology and Planning Museums in Eco-City Tianjin.
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- Associate
- New York State Registered Architect
Ruoyu Wei is a New York State registered architect. He holds a Master degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a Bachelor degree in Architecture from Tianjin University. He is currently in charge of several international competitions and a residential project in Saudi Arabia. Ruoyu has been invited as a guest critic at Columbia University, Syracuse University, University of Nebraska Lincoln, New York City College of Technology and Pratt Institute.
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- Junior Architect / New York City
Talya received her Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute in 2021 and joined SHA in the spring of 2022. She is currently working on Akbuk Dense Pack in Akbuk, Turkey.
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- Project Architect / New York City
Wenying Sun joined Steven Holl Architects in 2012. She received a B.Arch from Harbin Institute of Technology in China, and an M.Arch from Iowa State University. She is currently working on ChinPaoSan Necropolis in Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Junior Architect / Beijing
Yaming Fu joined Steven Holl Architects in 2021. She holds a M.Arch from UC Berkeley and a B.Arch from Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. She is currently working on CIFI headquarters in Beijing.
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- Junior Architect / Hudson
Yasmina obtained her Master's from the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design and joined Steven Holl Architects as a Junior Architect in the Fall of 2021. She is currently working on multiple projects and competitions with the team at SHA and is ILFI certified. Yasmina is also the host for the Steven Holl Architecture residency program at ‘T' Space for Summer 2022. Prior to SHA, she worked on an Architectural publication in print by Fala Atelier and was involved in various parts of academia.
Yining He joined Steven Holl Architects in the Fall of 2020. Yining holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Tongji University and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. He won the 2nd place of TEAM20 Architecture & Urban Planning Graduation Projects competition in 2018. Yining is currently working on several competitions and projects including the Modern Green Vancouver.
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- Associate / New York City
- Junior Architect
Yu-Hung Chiu joined Steven Holl Architects in 2021. He holds an Advanced Master's degree in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (DFAB) from ETH Zurich and a B.Arch from Feng Chia University. He is currently working on ChinPaoSan Necropolis in Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Associate / New York City
Yun Shi earned a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in 2013. Yun also holds a B.Arch from Beijing University of Technology and M.Arch from Syracuse University. She joined Steven Holl Architects in 2013. She is the project architect for IcarbonX Shenzhen and the winning competition for the Mumbai City Museum. Other major contributions include design work for CIFI HQ in Beijing, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Institute for Advanced Study, Taipei ChinPaoSan Necropolis and Qingdao Art Center.
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- Junior Architect / Beijing
Zhenya Li holds M.Arch from University of Michigan in 2019 and joined Steven Holl Architects in the same year. He has worked on several competitions and is currently working on ICarbonX in Shenzhen.