I oA Sliver Lecture Series 2024/25 Applied Imaginaries - Anne Holtrop (Studio Anne Holtrop)

Anne Holtrop (1977 / Netherlands) started his own practice in 2009. Currently the studio is based in Muharraq (BH). In 2015 the first two major buildings, Museum Fort Vechten and the National Pavilion of the Kingdom of Bahrain, were completed. Recently realized are the Green Corner Building in Muharraq and the Unesco listed heritage Siyadi Pearl Museum. The studio has completed new stores worldwide for Maison Margiela with flagship stores in London, Paris, Osaka and Shanghai, and has currently under construction in Riyadh the Misk Art Institute. Anne Holtrop is an associate professor at the ETH in Zurich. For his practice he received in 2007 the Charlotte Köhler Prize for Architecture by the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation, in 2016 the Iakov Chernikhov International Prize and in 2019 the Aga Khan Award. The 2G monograph series dedicated its 73rd issue to Studio Anne Holtrop in 2016, and in 2020 a new monograph: ​“Site, Matter, Gesture” by El Croquis is published on the practice and its continuous research. The work of the studio, as well as the teaching and research outcome are presented and collected internationally in biennales and institutions, such as at the first Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the Seoul Architecture Biennial, Frac Le Plateau and at the Carnegie Museum of Art.