The weekly news magazine’s July 9 issue featured the first installment of its five-part “America’s Best” series. It profiled 21 people in the arts and entertainment industries.

Holl’s photo, which shows him seated between a big paned window and a white architectural model in his Manhattan office, appears on page 71.

Although Holl may not be a household name, he is well-respected by his peers if the awards his buildings have won are any indication. They include Helsinki’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., and the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University.

Holl has also been recognized with numerous national and New York AIA design awards as well as the Alvar Aalto Medal, the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, and he was just honored with the gold medal from the Academie d’Architecture of Paris.

Holl has designed a number of museums, including the new Bellevue Art Museum, but he also works on more mundane projects that include homes and offices, as well as college dormitories and school buildings.

His long list of private homes began in Manchester with a house for his parents, Myron and Helen Holl, shortly after he graduated from the University of Washington.

In addition to being the principal of Steven Holl Architects, he is a tenured professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Planning.