Articles by Dan Howarth

Studio Libeskind completes Canada’s first Holocaust monument in Ottawa

October 2, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Daniel Libeskind’s architecture firm has finished work on the National Holocaust Monument in the Canadian capital, formed from tall concrete walls laid out like a warped Star of David. The country’s first monument dedicated to the Holocaust officially opened on 27 September 2017. It honours the millions of Jews murdered under the Nazi regime, and

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Studio Libeskind completes Canada’s first Holocaust monument in Ottawa

October 2, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Daniel Libeskind’s architecture firm has finished work on the National Holocaust Monument in the Canadian capital, formed from tall concrete walls laid out like a warped Star of David. The country’s first monument dedicated to the Holocaust officially opened in Ottawa on 27 September 2017. It honours the millions of Jews murdered under the Nazi

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New images show Renzo Piano’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA

September 29, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New images have been released detailing Renzo Piano’s design for a moviemaking museum in Los Angeles, following news that project has just received a $50 million funding donation. Currently under construction, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will comprise a 300,000-square-foot (27,870-square-metre) campus, in the Californian city that is home to Hollywood’s movie studios. The building

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New images show Renzo Piano’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA

September 29, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New images have been released detailing Renzo Piano’s design for a moviemaking museum in Los Angeles, following news that project has just received a $50 million funding donation. Currently under construction, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will comprise a 300,000-square-foot (27,870-square-metre) campus, in the Californian city that is home to Hollywood’s movie studios. The building

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J Mayer H champions beige buildings with Cosmic Latte manifesto

September 27, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

German architect Jürgen Mayer H has turned his self-proclaimed “obsession” with beige into a research project exploring the colour’s various uses and associations, which he is presenting at this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial. The founder of Berlin studio J Mayer H embarked on a quest to understand beige’s ubiquity in today’s built environment, and beyond.

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Archtober brings month-long architecture celebration to New York City

September 27, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Dezeen promotion: architecture and design events including building tours, lectures and parties are set to take place across New York City for the duration of October 2017. The city’s Center for Architecture will put on a packed programme for the seventh edition of Archtober, from 1 to 31 October 2017, in collaboration with over 70

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New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials

September 26, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building’s high ceilings. The overhauled home takes up 750 square feet (70 square metres) of a former industrial space in the increasingly trendy neighbourhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, often shortened to Bed-Stuy.

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Five of the best houses in Tennessee on Dezeen

September 22, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Next up in our series looking at houses from each American state, we’re venturing south to Tennessee, where some of the best homes include a timber-framed farmhouse and a tall home squeezed onto a tight site in Memphis. Old Briar by Brian Ambroziak, Tricia Stuth, Ted Shelton and Katherine Ambroziak Nestled into a grove of mature trees

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Architect builds his own studio at the end of Toronto garden

September 21, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The Brooklyn trend for backyard studios has extended all the way to Toronto, where the founder of architecture firm Six Four Five A has constructed a tiny timber workspace for himself at the end of the garden. The Garden Studio was designed by Oliver Dang at his family home in the Canadian city, where property prices

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Temple for Burning Man 2017 highlighted the problem of America’s dying forests

September 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The temple at this year’s Burning Man festival was designed by artist Marisha Farnsworth, and built from 100 dead trees to emphasise “dramatic changes occurring in our forests”. Farnsworth worked with project manager Steven Brummond and structural engineer Mark Sinclair to create the festival’s 18th temple, which is used as a memorial by participants. The

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