Bulletin

Skihouse h20 featured in Wall Street Journal and Dwell Magazine
9.6.11
Look for articles in both these publications featuring the house designed for a family of waterskiing enthusiasts set in the Florida Savannah.
Dwell Magazine, October 2011, “Houses We Love, Ski For All” Download PDF
Wall Street Journal, September 2 2011, “The Perfect Florida Ski Chalet”


Construction begins on Big Timber Riverside
7.20.11
Initial site grading and dewatering begins this week on this house located on the banks of Big Timber Creek. We are excited to commence our first project in Montana. Highline Partners will executing the construction. View renderings and construction progress photos here.


HUUM Wins Florida AIA Award
6.28.11
The Florida AIA has awarded The River Road House
the Masonry building of the year. See this project here.


Daniel Feig headed to UCLA for graduate school
3.18.11
Daniel joined HUUM 3 years ago fresh out of Berkeley and has been a welcome addition to our Venice office. He will leave for school in August; we will sorely miss him and wish him good times in graduate school!


SKIhouse h2O Construction Complete
12.18.10
Our client has moved into their new house. Check out the time lapse images of the past 11months of construction. See final documentation in our project section.
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New In Print
9.22.10
Published in Asia, The Pine School is included in Best Selection of Shanglin, a book featuring projects from around the globe. Stateside, coming out this fall, our firm is also included in 100 Florida Architects and Designers. Several of our projects are featured within.


John Umbanhowar to speak at Dwell on Design June 26
6.12.10
more information


Scott Hughes at AIA Miami Convention
6.10.10
Scott addresses Sci Arc alumni and Architizer invitees at the reception for the School and discussed the importance of Architectural thinking and education.




A Message From One of Our Clients
5.30.10



Our New Name
5.01.10



"10 Years of House" Exhibition at DWR Studios in South Florida
5.01.10-5.20.10

Selected residential projects from the past 10 years. Models, drawings, photographs and discussion at the forward thinking furniture company studios.
Click here to view the exhibit.

Greenpeace Heathrow Third Runway Competition
4.28.10
Our office produced a solution to a call for entries with a clever idea of minimal design.
Click for more information.



SKIhouse h2O Construction Commences
3.15.10
A Florida AIA Award winner. Click here to watch the building progress of Sands Construction Company as they erect this ICF wall building on the shore of a waterski lake. (COMPLETED)
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Sustainable 20|10 – 20 people, 10 slides
2.25.10
AIA|LA Commitee on the Environment, SPF:a Gallery in Culver City. John Umbanhowar will be one of Twenty firms presenting innovative sustainable design and architecture in Pecha Kucha format. Discussion to follow.

Architecture Is?
2.15.10
For the AIALA John Umbanhowar summarizes 12 years of practicing architecture.
Read it here.

Betty Gold and The Pine School Together
11.29.09
The Pine School provides the background for sculptor Betty Gold's stunning piece Majestad III featured in Art in America this month.
See the image here.

William H Johnson Foundation Gala
9.05.09
The William H. Johnson Prize is awarded annually to an early career African American artist. Wrapping around the Gemini GEL space, hughesumbanhowar created a dynamic installation of waving plastic ribbons for the award gala and and fundraising auction. View images from Gala.

hughesumbanhowar architects joins Watts House Project
8.01.09
We have joined onto Edgar Arceneaux's block size canvas to reimagine the residences directly across the street from one of LA's historic icons, The Watts Towers by Simon Rodia.
Fly through the preliminary design.

Eric Owen Moss Essay on Scott Hughes
6.01.09
Moss speaks his mind, inimitably, on Scott Hughes and the work of the practice. "Scott Hughes: Surreal Imports"
Here.

The Breadloaf
2.05.09
Schematic design is complete for this school cafe in Kingston, Jamaica.
See how it grows here.

2+2=4
8.05.06
Sustainable Design for a typical american family of four?
View how we go from beginning to positive finish of a environmentally sound house for a suburban location in Los Angeles.
2+2=4 Here.

The Pine School
8.05.04
The Pine School is now open.
Click here to see a movie of a sketch turn into final building.
View movie here.