Dara Huang

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Dara Huang
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Born1982or1983(age 41–42) [1]
Florida, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • United Kingdom (from 2022)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Architect
  • businesswoman
Partner Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (2015–2018)
Children1
PracticeDesign Haus Liberty

Dara Huang (born 1982/1983) is an American architect. [2] In 2013, she founded the architecture and design firm Design Haus Liberty. [3] She is the co-founder of Vivahouse, which converts disused commercial properties into co-living spaces. [4] Huang is a survivor of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. [5]

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Family and education

Dara Huang was born in Florida to Taiwanese immigrants. [6] [7] Her father is a retired NASA rocket scientist. [7] [1] She attended the University of Florida, from which she graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in design. [8] She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She earned a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. [7] Huang was engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, with whom she has a son, Christopher Woolf "Wolfie", born in 2016. [9] [10] [11] The engagement was broken off in 2018. [12]

Career

After graduating, Huang worked at architectural firms Herzog & de Meuron in Switzerland and Foster and Partners in London. [13] At these firms she worked on several large projects, including the skyscraper 56 Leonard Street in New York City, Tate Modern in London, and Manolo Blahnik stores around the world. [14] 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. [15]

Design Haus Liberty

In 2013, Huang opened her own architecture practice, Design Haus Liberty, in Clerkenwell, London. [16] Its work has been exhibited at Somerset House in London and the Venice Biennale of Architecture. [17]

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