Articles by Dan Howarth

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Whistling Wind Island by Akb Architects is “surrounded by open waters and expansive sky”

July 27, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture studio Akb Architects has created a cluster of silvered cedar buildings on a remote archipelago in Ontario, Canada, as a summer home for a kite surfer. The freshwater landscape of Pointe Au Baril, three hours north of Toronto, comprises strings of rocky islands along the coast of Georgian Bay. Whistling Wind Island is one

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Mirzoyan Studio models Bursa Bar in Kyiv on musical instrument

July 23, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

This hotel bar in the centre of Kyiv, Ukraine, was designed by Mirzoyan Studio to have plywood panelled walls and a green latticed ceiling to improve acoustics. Bursa Bar opened earlier this year in the city’s historic Podil neighbourhood, on the first floor of the boutique Bursa Hotel. The 55-square-metre cocktail bar was designed by

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Marmol Radziner creates club space in modernist Park Avenue skyscraper

July 21, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

The third floor of the iconic Lever House skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan has been renovated by architecture firm Marmol Radziner to complement the building’s original modernist design. Marmol Radziner completed the interiors for the Lever Club within the office tower at 390 Park Avenue, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the International

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BoND’s PatBo Miami boutique features soft curves and floral touches

July 20, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio BoND has created a “feminine, organic” interior for Brazilian brand PatBo’s store in Miami Design District, complete with a dramatic sweeping staircase. The two-level retail space was designed by BoND following the studio’s work on the PatBo headquarters in Manhattan, which opened last year. The team took a similarly soft, feminine approach

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Estudio Ebras and Hause Möbel create live-work concept with VR and desert-influenced spaces

July 14, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

This space with futuristic “virtual reality” style LED strip lighting was designed by Argentinian firm Estudio Ebras and furniture brand Hause Möbel to be used as both a home and an office. The temporary Green Home Office project was created for the Casa FOA 2024 architecture and design exhibition in Córdoba, Argentina, inside an under-construction

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Sophie Goineau adds “wave-like” timber ceiling to Malibu beach house

July 13, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Interior designer Sophie Goineau has renovated a family beach home in Malibu, California, adding a wave-like ceiling and maximising the panoramic ocean views from the living spaces. Goineau initially set about helping a young family that she met in Mexico incorporate stylish spaces for their kids into the house, but the project quickly turned into

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Sophie Goineau adds “wave-like” timber ceiling to Malibu beach house

July 13, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Interior designer Sophie Goineau has renovated a family beach home in Malibu, California, adding a wave-like ceiling and maximising the panoramic ocean views from the living spaces. Goineau initially set about helping a young family that she met in Mexico incorporate stylish spaces for their kids into the house, but the project quickly turned into

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Office La draws on “special magic” of New Orleans for colourful house

July 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

The colours of New Orleans’ iconic streetcars informed the decor palette chosen by local studio Office La for this bright pink house. Office La founder Lauren Hickman Ross is a long-time friend of the clients, who asked her to reimagine a building at the corner of Chartres and Desire streets in New Orleans. Opposite Crescent

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ANY designs New York showroom and research library for Vowels

July 6, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio ANY has designed the first physical retail space for streetwear brand Vowels, including an 18-metre-long “library” that holds a rotating collection of design books. The appointment-only showroom at 76 Bowery in Manhattan opened to coincide with the launch of Vowels’ debut “made in Japan” capsule collection. Creative director Yuki Yagi worked with

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Cylindrical voids accommodate trees at Mexican lake house by MCxA Group

July 3, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Circular holes form light wells, courtyards and spaces for existing trees at this lakeside house in Mexico’s Nayarit state, designed by Mexican studio MCxA Group. Casa Santa Maria del Oro is nestled into a steep slope that falls away to the water, partially embedded within the earth and covered by a green roof. “The volume

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