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DHD Townhouse Book Introduction

DHD TOWNHOUSE BOOK An Introduction to the DHD TOWNHOUSE Book Collection New York City’s landmark townhouses invariably started out as single-family dwellings with distinct social functions stacked across multiple floors. It’s a model that still appeals today, although updating them for mod..

N. Moore Loft

N. Moore Loft The gut renovation of this former cold storage warehouse in Tribeca aimed to celebrate its industrial elements while carving out a more livable home for a young family. Although it was first converted in the early 2000s, the existing layout — which encompassed a large, open-plan liv..

Union Square Loft

Union Square Loft “We thought of this as our own little village, with a town square in the middle where you’d come together to commune with each other, and then split off to do your own thing in one of the antechamber-type rooms.”— David Howell When renovation first began on this Union Squ..

Crosby Street Loft

Crosby Street Loft “One of the philosophies we apply to our loft design is creating a sense of place inside an open commercial zone. Just because you have a sofa and chairs doesn't mean you're going to want to sit there.” — David Howell Designed to create the atmosphere of an elegant, intima..

Mercer Street Loft

Mercer Street Loft “Technically, this should be one apartment running front to back. Instead it was cut in half and made into two, so each has only one source of natural light. But sometimes you do only get one source of light in New York. Therefore, we worked with what we had.” — David Howel..

Bleecker Street Loft

Bleecker Street Loft “Imagine if there was empty sky or a suburban landscape outside those windows, or even the ocean. The white interior would look and feel totally different. In some ways, it’s the New York grit that makes this work.” — David Howell In this luminous, 3,000-square foot ..

Broome Street Loft

Broome Street Loft “Renovations are often about discovery, which is a magic thing because it doesn’t just happen when you see the space for the first time — it also happens during construction. It’s a journey. Design is a tumbleweed-like process. You’ve got to go with the flow, because it..

Laight Street Loft

Laight Street Loft “One of the curious things about New York City is that people are very tolerant of everything, including potholes in the street, bad lobbies, horrible hallways — they’re forgiving until they get to your front door. Once they open your door, that’s your moment to express w..

Bond Street Loft

Bond Street Loft “There are 100-year-old spaces that have perfect bones, where you don’t want to destroy their essence by tinkering with the building envelope; this apartment was the opposite of that,” says Howell. “It was a ruin that needed straightening out. The floors were three inches o..

DHD Loft Book Introduction

DHD LOFT BOOK An Introduction to the DHD Loft Book Collection For several years, DHD worked on a collection of four books reflecting many years of work. The first book in the series features eight NYC lofts all located in Manhattan. Perhaps more than any other building type, lofts represent all t..