Articles by Dan Howarth

Universal Design Studio erects “temporary town for art” for Frieze New York

May 3, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Universal Design Studio has redesigned the venue for this week’s Frieze art fair on New York’s Randall’s Island, comprising five giant tents oriented to bathe the interior with indirect light. Rather than one vast structure, the series of large white tents provide a new layout for this year’s fair, which opened for previews yesterday, 2

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Radnor curates model apartment at Chipperfield’s The Bryant in New York

May 3, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Online design retailer Radnor has furnished a residence in David Chipperfield Architects’ residential tower under construction on New York’s Bryant Park. The Material Interiors project involved creating both a model apartment for The Bryant development, and a showroom for Radnor’s latest furniture and accessories collection – designed with Bunn Studio and Adam Rogers – plus

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“No architect today is capable of buildings like Luis Barragán’s”

April 30, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

The sensual and autobiographical qualities of the house Mexican architect Luis Barragán built for himself are rarely found in today’s buildings, says Aaron Betsky. If you are going to make real architecture today it better be damn real. In a world of instant images whose truth you can never ascertain, delicate structures just won’t do.

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BoND turns dark, divided Chelsea apartment into light-filled home

April 28, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A stainless steel fireplace surround and “hacked” IKEA cabinets are among the features that architecture duo BoND have added during the overhaul of their apartment in New York’s Chelsea. The West Chelsea Apartment occupies the third floor of a 1910 building, and was acquired by architects Daniel Rauchwerger and Noam Dvir of BoND in spring

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OMA’s Fondazione Prada Torre opens with quirky interiors and renowned contemporary art

April 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A room filled with giant spinning mushrooms and a set of bright yellow-green bathrooms are among the surprises found inside the OMA-designed Torre, which opened last week as the final part of the Fondazione Prada arts complex in Milan. The white concrete structure that towers over the converted industrial site in the south of the

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Five of the best houses in Indiana on Dezeen

April 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Indiana, home to some of America’s best mid-century-modern architecture, is the next stop in our series of roundups highlighting impressive houses from each US state. Frost House by Emil Tessin, renovated by Karen Valentine and Bob Coscarelli This 1960s prefabricated dwelling in northern Indiana was modernised by Karen Valentine and Bob Coscarelli, who purchased the home

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The XI towers in New York will “dance” with each other, says Bjarke Ingels

April 25, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

BIG has released new renderings of the pair of towers it is building beside New York’s High Line, which architect Bjarke Ingels says are shaped out of “mutual courtesy” for one another’s views. The XI development – also known as The Eleventh – is currently rising from a full city block between the city’s Chelsea

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Yun Architecture restores character of historic Tribeca townhouse

April 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. The Tribeca Townhouse was built in 1828, in the area that was home to the Washington Street Market until the late 1960s. Used as an egg and poultry distributor for much of its history, the house is

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Yun Architecture refurbishes historic Tribeca townhouse

April 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. The Tribeca Townhouse was built in 1828, in the area that was home to the Washington Street Market until the late 1960s. Used as an egg and poultry distributor for much of its history, the house is

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