Dan Howarth

The Future Perfect opens Miami design gallery at “haunted” Villa Paula

October 31, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Design gallery The Future Perfect has opened its fourth location in a landmarked 1920s building in Miami’s Little Haiti, which is rumoured to be one of the city’s “most haunted residences”. The Future Perfect has taken over Villa Paula, a 2,000-square-foot (186-square-metre) neoclassical building originally built in 1926 by the Cuban government. Designed by Havana

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Wunder Werkz chooses “humble materials” for Semiprecious bar in Denver

October 26, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

A countertop made entirely from recycled plastic anchors this colourful bar in Denver, Colorado, designed and co-owned by local studio Wunder Werkz. Wunder Werkz teamed up with co-owners Mike Capoferri and Rahul Marwah to open Semiprecious in a former 1950s furniture showroom in the Sunnyside neighbourhood. The design studio led the interiors and branding for

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ZGF and Whiting-Turner upgrade Baltimore Ravens training facility

October 25, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture studio ZGF and Whiting-Turner have renovated a training facility used by the NFL team the Baltimore Ravens, using the American football team’s moniker as a driving design concept. The 20,000-square-foot (1,869-square-metre) Under Armour Performance Center – also known as The Castle – was overhauled by architects ZGF and contractors Whiting-Turner to improve the circulation,

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Connected Classroom by Danish Kurani allows teachers to reach rural students in Alabama

October 19, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Architect Danish Kurani has developed a prototype for a “connected” classroom, designed to enable expert teachers to remotely provide lessons to students in rural communities. Kurani completed the first iteration of the Connected Classroom at Robert C Hatch High School in Alabama’s rural Black Belt region, in partnership with nonprofit Ed Farm and the State

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“Understated nostalgia” defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK

October 18, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed by local studio MRDK. The architecture and design firm, also known as Ménard Dworkind, designed Renzo Sandwich in the city’s Mile End neighbourhood as a throwback to retro diners. Measuring 1,275 square feet (118 square metres), the

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GLO and Present Forms create “Swiss Army knife” community centre in Hudson

October 12, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education and arts centre. The former industrial building in Upstate New York city, which had been converted to offices in the 1980s, was purchased in 2020 by a philanthropic couple wishing to create a hub for their new

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SML Studio Architecture creates cafe and bar inside Vancouver’s Waterfall Building

October 11, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

The angled glass facade of a modernist icon in Vancouver now covers a community cafe and bar designed by SML Studio Architecture. Ellipsis serves coffee and cocktails inside the Waterfall Building, one of the final works by late Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, which he designed in 1996 in collaboration with Nick Milkovich. Positioned within a

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Talacha adds warm touches to customs agents HQ in Mexico City

October 5, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Mexico City firm Talacha has completed offices with a “carefully curated material palette” for the Latin American Confederation of Customs Agents (CLAA). The headquarters for the international company, which oversees the movement of goods in and out of the region, occupies a new building in the Mexican capital’s central Juárez neighbourhood. Talacha sought to create

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Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter by LGA houses domestic violence survivors

September 27, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners has created a shelter for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions. The Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter arose from a partnership between LGA and Anduhyaun, the owner and operator of Toronto’s only Indigenous Violence Against Women shelter. “Our collaboration has created a one-of-a-kind space

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Islyn Studio designs hotel as “sanctuary for solo travellers” in New York

September 14, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based Islyn Studio looked to European sleeper trains and Japanese capsule hotels when designing the compact rooms of Now Now, a Manhattan hotel. Now Now is situated on Bowery in Downtown Manhattan and offers hostel-style accommodation with single-occupancy cabins and shared facilities. Islyn Studio was challenged to maximise the guest experience within a minimal

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