every nest starts with a simple twig…
This project involved the careful restoration of an 1890’s townhouse facade, with repointing, structural reinforcement, new structural lintels, cornice refurbishment, roof scape waterproofing and a new storefront system that retained the character of the building and neighborhood but kept modern conveniences of insulation and materials.
Continue reading “New Storefront/Facade Restoration in Tribeca”
In order to ensure a dry townhouse for years and decades, one has to properly detail roof connections so that there are at least 2 different systems in place directing running water away from the home. Here we examine the often overlooked townhouse gutter system which is typically slapped on the back of the house and glued in place.
A rather special apartment building design by SimpleTwig Architecture.llc, the concept focuses on making the most of the apartment quality, from the moment one steps off the elevator to the moment one sits down on their sofa, the design seeks to maximize living space while minimizing other spaces without compromising quality living.
This article explores the basic layout of the entire apartment floor plan level, which will be supplemented by images of the actual units tomorrow, since we have so much to share on this project. This article also corresponds to two additional articles, one on the parking facilities, and the other on the retail, garden and street level planning of the project. All together, this is how one should make a fully integrated project that makes the most of tenant spaces, provides the community with a special building and provides the owner with a building that is easy to build, maintain and sustain.
Continue reading “New Residential Development in Brooklyn – RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT”
We’re putting the final touches on a 40 unit residential project in Brooklyn. It is pretty special in that the project keeps part of an old theater facade and uses it to announce the retail component of the project, through awnings and little local vendors which can casually set up their wares below the awnings. The extra traffic and attention will be a boost for the anchor tenant who has a commanding view of this important residential corner.
This project is split into 3 articles, released the 8th of September, the 10th and the 12th.
Come on in and we’ll show you around…
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We get a lot of calls for bathroom and kitchen renovations. Often we refer them to other companies given their limited budget. Not that we’re unwilling to do them but we also don’t want them to spend money on us when with very limited funds it could be spent on materials.
That said, we do design kitchens, bathroom or whatever program element a home owner desires. This project was special in that it was built for a NYC Police Officer hurt on the job and confined to a wheel chair. Despite the limited budget we couldn’t say no. Continue reading “Kitchen Renovation Project”
Oh wait, is that a hybrid on the horizon? Oh, oh, better reset your bets!
Continue reading “Dualing Townhouse Plans: Version 3 VERSUS Version 4, a Fight to the End…”
A unique Brooklyn lot in that this property had two structures overlooking a city park, with exposures on 3 sides, SimpleTwig Architecture decided to make the most of the situation by creating a small cafe on the main street corner and providing outdoor porch seating between the structures, allowing for a substantial increase in available seating for the shop.
Further, both structures allowed for open floor plan duplexes, each with 2 bedrooms. Together they maximize the rental capacity of the property and provide the community with an amenity of character which will be cherished for years to come.
With baby boomers reaching maturity, new responsibilities can become overwhelming in a struggling economy. With parents in retirement, children growing up but staying at home or leaving, the financial burden for each can strain the whole family’s finances to a breaking point. Certainly if one finds themselves living paycheck to paycheck it is easy to make an argument for change.
Continue reading “Embracing the Family Clan, for their Healthy Financial Future”
Architecture is fundamentally connected to humans. That which is not connected is not architecture.
To understand function and how it influences the way something looks, one need only look at the human machine, and in this article the eyelashes and eyebrows. While the conclusions here are based on observation they hold within them a fundamental logic which is hard to deny.
Translated from Italian:
Col Puc torna d’attualità il progetto di Baroudi sull’antica villa Mugoni
With the Puc now comes the Baroudi project on the old villa Mugoni
This is the only reconversion intervention planned by the urban plan outside the city
28 giugno 2011
Read original story in Italian here: http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2011/06/28/news/col-puc-torna-d-attualita-il-progetto-di-baroudi-sull-antica-villa-mugoni-1.3476831
ALGHERO. The only structural conversion in the extra-urban area provided by the Catalan urban planning plan, currently subject to a severe political confrontation, is that of the Mugoni villa in Porto Conte. Ancient aristocratic hermitage in the heart of the Bay of Ninfe, with a large manor house, stables, warehouses, a large park immersed in Mediterranean scrub, can be transformed into a large luxury hotel. A hundred rooms with many stars, sports facilities, leisure facilities, spa, swimming pools, tennis, a buen retreat for top-quality clients.
Continue reading “Col Puc torna d’attualità… (translated). Villa Mugoni Resort Project”