Dan Howarth

Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico

December 1, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by local studio Toro Arquitectos to create “a safe, engaging, and functional environment” for children. Ciales Kindergarten replaces a former funeral home, which was transformed by Toro Arquitectos and extended with a circular structure alongside it. The “unremarkable”

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Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico

December 1, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by local studio Toro Arquitectos to create “a safe, engaging, and functional environment” for children. Ciales Kindergarten replaces a former funeral home, which was transformed by Toro Arquitectos and extended with a circular structure alongside it. The “unremarkable”

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Cafe Tondo designed to “fill the void” of social spaces in Los Angeles

November 23, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

An LA-based team comprised of Mouthwash Studio and Aunt Studio has designed Mexican restaurant with ample patio space underneath a railway in the city’s Chinatown neighbourhood. Modelled on a casual Mexico City cantina, the interiors for Cafe Tondo created with Aunt Studio are intended to be inviting and act as a community hub. The project

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Meadow Lane “reimagines the grocery experience” at Tribeca shop

November 22, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

A luxury grocery store with interiors by Brooklyn designer Sarah Carpenter with a curated art program and sculptural floral displays has opened in New York City’s Tribeca neighbourhood. The space at 355 Greenwich Street was designed by Sarah Carpenter based on a brief from Meadow Lane founder and CEO Sammy Nussdorf, who aims to reimagine the

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Ste Marie designs trio of atmospheric hospitality venues in Edmonton

November 18, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. The Va Caffè daytime cafe, Olia fine-dining Italian restaurant and Mimi lounge were all designed by Ste Marie, with each providing a different culinary experience at the Citizen on Jasper development in the

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Frida Kahlo’s family home in Mexico City opens as Museo Casa Kahlo

November 16, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

The museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has expanded into the former home of her sister, where exhibitions designed by Rockwell Group offer glimpses into the artist’s private life. The residence in Mexico City known as Casa Roja has been transformed into a museum by architect Mariana Doet Zepeda

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MoMA Design Store receives refresh from Peterson Rich Office

November 14, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

The Museum of Modern Art’s retail space in Soho, New York, has undergone a major renovation by Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office. The MoMA Design Store at 81 Spring Street, which sells a variety of design-focused objects, books and gifts, was reimagined by uncovering the cast-iron building’s 19th-century craftsmanship while introducing contemporary interventions. “By

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Manola Studio turns former motel into desert oasis near Joshua Tree

November 9, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

LA-based Manola Studio has renovated a 1940s motel to create a boutique hotel close to the north entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. The 12-room, adults-only Hotel Wren sits on the outskirts of Twentynine Palms, a small town in California’s High Desert that acts as a gateway into the park. Manola Studio transformed the historic

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Snøhetta creates “ephemeral” retail concept lab in New York

November 8, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed an experiential retail space in New York’s SoHo neighbourhood that is intended to be an ever-evolving canvas for innovation. 113 Spring occupies a 3,000-square-foot (279-square-metre) space inside a landmarked cast-iron building, and is designed as a retail space, a community hub and a model for sustainable design. The lab-like concept

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Ivy Studio designs “bold and glamorous” Montreal restaurant

November 2, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

The interiors of vintage limousines informed this Montreal bar and restaurant, in which locally based Ivy Studio has combined red velvet and dark wood panelling. Limousine opened in the Saint-Lambert suburb south of the Canadian city to cater to an influx of younger residents, providing “a bold and glamorous newcomer to the local dining scene”

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