Dara Huang

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Dara Huang
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Born1982/1983 (age 38–39)[1]
Nationality
  • American
  • British (2022–present)[2]
Alma materUniversity of Florida (BA)
OccupationArchitect
Partner(s)Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (2015–2018)
Children1
PracticeDesign Haus Liberty
Websitedhliberty.com

Dara Huang is a British-American architect and designer.[3] In 2013, she founded the architecture and design firm Design Haus Liberty.[4] She is the co-founder of Vivahouse, which converts disused commercial properties into co-living spaces.[5]

Career[]

Huang's father, Po-Tien Huang, is a retired NASA scientist who emigrated to the US from Taiwan. Her mother is Lily. Huang grew up in Florida.[1] She attended the University of Florida, graduating with a bachelor's degree in architecture. She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Huang then attended Harvard University, where she completed a master's degree in architecture.

After graduating, Huang worked at architectural firms Herzog de Meuron in Switzerland and Foster + Partners in London.[6] At these firms she worked on several large projects, including the Tribeca skyscraper 56 Leonard Street in New York, the Tate Modern Museum in London and Manolo Blahnik stores around the world.[7]

Huang has received several awards, including The Clifford Wong Prize, The KPF Travelling Fellowship, The Young Architects Award, and first place in the AIAS National Design Review.[8]

Design Haus Liberty[]

In 2013, Huang opened her own architecture practice, Design Haus Liberty, in Clerkenwell, London.[9] Its work has been exhibited at Somerset House in London and the Venice Biennale of Architecture.[10]

Personal life[]

Huang was engaged to marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi until they broke up in 2018. They have a son, Christopher Woolf, born in 2016.[11]

She is a survivor of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. She and her then boyfriend John Fesko were at the Leopold Cafe when the terrorist started shooting.[12]

Huang became a British citizen in 2022.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dara Huang to speak about being an entrepreneur at Dezeen Day". Dezeen. September 16, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dara Huang on Instagram". Instagram. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Temkin, Anna (August 11, 2017). "Tastemakers: Dara Huang". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Dara Huang". DH Liberty. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Modular home system turns empty commercial spaces into co-living spaces". Dezeen. November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "Design Haus Liberty's Dara Huang on Setting Up First Asia Outpost in Hong Kong | Home Journal". www.homejournal.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  7. ^ "Dara Huang founder of Design Haus Liberty architecture, interiors and design firm. Young Notting Hill entrepreneur | netMAGmedia Ltd". www.architectsdatafile.co.uk. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  8. ^ Gow, Femke. "Dara Huang | darc magazine". Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "5 Minutes With... Design Haus Liberty's Dara Huang | Indesignlive.hkIndesignlive.hk". www.indesignlive.hk. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.solidpixels.net, solidpixels. "Dara Huang". reSITE. Retrieved December 30, 2019. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  11. ^ Tyzack, A. (September 28, 2019). "Another royal wedding! Meet Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the man who has charmed Princess Beatrice". UK Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "rediff.com: Couple that evaded terror, twice!". www.rediff.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
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