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Steven Holl Architects

Based in New York and Beijing, Steven Holl Architects defines its portfolio through dynamic geometric intersections, carved light apertures, and sculptural interior volumes that animate residential houses and performing arts centers. The work serves as a strong reference for detailing suspended acoustic shells within cultural halls, capturing overhead light through precise roof geometries, or balancing massive structural elements in compact domestic spaces.

Site plan and 90-acre property diagram showing building placements A and B near a pond by Steven Holl Architects.

Vertical Branching House

A master-planning site plan precedent showing dispersed building placement and topography integration across a 90-acre landscape.

What we like about this project
The extreme dispersal of isolated structures across the 90-acre property boundary.

Materials

  • paper
  • digital-vector

Visual identifiers

  • site-plan
  • contour-lines
  • pond
  • property-boundary

Style tags

  • diagrammatic
  • minimal
  • plan

Visual tags

  • site-plan
  • master-planning
  • rural
  • topography
  • diagram
Geometry
2D orthogonal site plans with contour lines, dashed drive paths, and blue water features set within irregular property boundaries.
Spatial scale
Macro scale spanning property wide view down to a 100 ft detailed site zone around the pond.
Lighting
Monochrome vector drawing with blue water fill on a white background.
Atmosphere
Clean, technical site mapping highlighting territorial scale and water integration.
Environmental context
Expansive 90-acre rural site featuring topography, woods, tracks, and a central pond.
Spatial experience
Plans illustrate sparse, distributed placement of structures across a vast rural landscape with topographic elevation changes.
Style reading
Architectural site diagram
Program
Rural residential compound master plan
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture
Materials
paper, digital-vector
Visual identifiers
site-plan, contour-lines, pond, property-boundary
Style tags
diagrammatic, minimal, plan
Visual tags
site-plan, master-planning, rural, topography, diagram
Geometry
2D orthogonal site plans with contour lines, dashed drive paths, and blue water features set within irregular property boundaries.
Spatial scale
Macro scale spanning property wide view down to a 100 ft detailed site zone around the pond.
Lighting
Monochrome vector drawing with blue water fill on a white background.
Atmosphere
Clean, technical site mapping highlighting territorial scale and water integration.
Environmental context
Expansive 90-acre rural site featuring topography, woods, tracks, and a central pond.
Spatial experience
Plans illustrate sparse, distributed placement of structures across a vast rural landscape with topographic elevation changes.
Style reading
Architectural site diagram
Program
Rural residential compound master plan
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture

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  • How it works
  • Contact

Connect

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  • X
  • GitHub

Legal

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  • Terms

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© 2026

Site plan and 90-acre property diagram showing building placements A and B near a pond by Steven Holl Architects.

Vertical Branching House

A master-planning site plan precedent showing dispersed building placement and topography integration across a 90-acre landscape.

What we like about this project
The extreme dispersal of isolated structures across the 90-acre property boundary.

Materials

  • paper
  • digital-vector

Visual identifiers

  • site-plan
  • contour-lines
  • pond
  • property-boundary

Style tags

  • diagrammatic
  • minimal
  • plan

Visual tags

  • site-plan
  • master-planning
  • rural
  • topography
  • diagram
Geometry
2D orthogonal site plans with contour lines, dashed drive paths, and blue water features set within irregular property boundaries.
Spatial scale
Macro scale spanning property wide view down to a 100 ft detailed site zone around the pond.
Lighting
Monochrome vector drawing with blue water fill on a white background.
Atmosphere
Clean, technical site mapping highlighting territorial scale and water integration.
Environmental context
Expansive 90-acre rural site featuring topography, woods, tracks, and a central pond.
Spatial experience
Plans illustrate sparse, distributed placement of structures across a vast rural landscape with topographic elevation changes.
Style reading
Architectural site diagram
Program
Rural residential compound master plan
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture
Materials
paper, digital-vector
Visual identifiers
site-plan, contour-lines, pond, property-boundary
Style tags
diagrammatic, minimal, plan
Visual tags
site-plan, master-planning, rural, topography, diagram
Geometry
2D orthogonal site plans with contour lines, dashed drive paths, and blue water features set within irregular property boundaries.
Spatial scale
Macro scale spanning property wide view down to a 100 ft detailed site zone around the pond.
Lighting
Monochrome vector drawing with blue water fill on a white background.
Atmosphere
Clean, technical site mapping highlighting territorial scale and water integration.
Environmental context
Expansive 90-acre rural site featuring topography, woods, tracks, and a central pond.
Spatial experience
Plans illustrate sparse, distributed placement of structures across a vast rural landscape with topographic elevation changes.
Style reading
Architectural site diagram
Program
Rural residential compound master plan
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture

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