Dan Howarth

ORA utilises LA’s fallen street trees inside Uchi West Hollywood restaurant

August 10, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Vertical fins of live-edge wood, which was sourced from fallen street trees, divide spaces at this Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles by local studio ORA. Uchi West Hollywood is the first West Coast location for chef Tyson Cole’s Austin-based chain, operated by Hai Hospitality Group. Situated on a prominent corner along Santa Monica Boulevard, the

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Osso Architecture models timber pool house in New Jersey on horse arena

August 4, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brooklyn-based studio Osso Architecture has built a pool house on a New Jersey horse farm, utilising standard timber framing and the skills of the local Amish community. The pool house was completed for the owners of an equestrian farm outside Stockton, and borrowed ideas from the site’s large indoor riding arena. This existing building is

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CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards

August 3, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive has retrofitted a terraced house in Queens, New York to meet Passive House energy efficiency standards. The 1,152-square-foot (107-square-metre) brick townhouse was originally built in 1945 and has undergone a considered “deconstruction” process during its recent renovation. Rather than throwing out the contents of the existing structure, all of the removed

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Tile mural fronts Cult Gaia Miami boutique by Sugarhouse

July 28, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A hand-painted tile mural covers the front of this Miami Design District boutique designed by New York studio Sugarhouse Design and Architecture for fashion brand Cult Gaia. Sugarhouse Design and Architecture designers Jess and Jonathan Nahon followed up their New York City store for Cult Gaia founder Jasmin Larian Hekmat with a flagship in Miami

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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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