K-State architecture professor's work to be featured on HGTV

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

K-STATE ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR'S WORK TO BE FEATURED ON HGTV

MANHATTAN -- Work by Larry Bowne, assistant professor of architecture at Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design, will be featured in two upcoming episodes of the show "Small Space, Big Style" on cable's Home and Garden Television or HGTV.

The first episode, called "Flowing with Style," will premiere at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. Bowne's project, a New York City apartment full of hidden storage, is one of four spaces featured. The apartment is owned by Iris Weinstein, a book designer with the Knopf imprint at Random House. She bought the apartment by selling one of a pair of Andy Warhol paintings she owns. She received the art decades ago as a gift from the painter after doing an internship at The Factory. She still owns the other painting.

The design of the apartment transformed a small studio in a terra-cotta masonry building formerly used as a printing house. The renovation included sliding glass panels and a free-standing storage unit which divided the narrow space into a sequence of rooms. The scope included interiors and custom furnishings.

According to the producer, the airdate for Bowne's second episode will be announced soon.

Bowne joined K-State's architecture faculty in the fall 2003. After earning a bachelor's from the University of California at Los Angeles and a master of architecture from Harvard, he served an internship in Boston and New York City. Bowne opened a small partnership in New York City in 1997. The firm, B&R Projects, prepared designs for projects in New York City, the U.S. and abroad, including commissions in Buenos Aires, Zurich and Kosovo. Since 2003, he has been principal of Larry Bowne Architects, first in New York City and now in Manhattan.

His design work has been published and exhibited in multiple venues, including articles in "Interiors," "Dwell" and the "Village Voice." His exhibitions include the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City, Marvin Hall at the University of Kansas and the Chang Gallery at K-State.

Bowne also has worked with K-State students on several design-build projects, including a renovation of K-State's Dickens Hall, a chicken coop in Rose Hill and the House of Dance and Feathers in New Orleans. The projects have received attention in various venues, including an exhibition at the 10th Venice Biennale in fall 2006 and an upcoming exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in spring and summer 2007. They also have been featured on The Weather Channel, National Public Radio and the ABC TV series, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."