Tribeca Townhouse
Architects & Firms
New York City
The two-story 1870s brick building at the edge of the TriBeCa West Historic District has distinctive corbelled brickwork, an unusual acute plan, low massing, and a multitude of French- and double-hung windows. A financial executive purchased the building and combined it with the adjacent plot into one tax lot.
In an area increasingly populated by new and renovated condo towers, the architects wanted to respect the building’s landmarked status and complement the pedestrian-friendly streets. They designed a new six-story structure and attached it to the renovated historic brick structure, fully integrating both internally for a total of 11,500 square feet. The new tower uses steel framing and composite fiber cement panels to complement the cast iron and terra-cotta structures in the neighborhood.
The exterior of the two-story historic structure was painstakingly preserved. At the second floor, the old and new buildings flow seamlessly into each other, forming an open-air courtyard, a huge open-plan living, dining and kitchen area, and a media room. The roof of the two-story structure incorporates extensive irrigated roof gardens with structural skylights.
PeopleOwner: Anon Location: TriBeCa, NYC Completion Date: January 2009 Gross square footage: 11,500 sq.ft. Total construction cost: $7,000,000
Architect:
Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Associate architect(s): Simeon Seigel, LEED AP Interior designer: Jessica Shaw
Engineer(s): MEP: P.A. Collins
Consultant(s): Lighting: Lightfield, Inc. – Alexander Radunsky General contractor: ALCON Builders, INC.
Photographer(s):
Renderer(s): CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vectorworks |
Products
Structural system
Exterior cladding Rainscreen: ‘Eternit’ (fiber-cement panels) by SwissPearl Other cladding unique to this project: exterior glazing by Euro Glass Roofing: Soprema
Windows
Glazing
Doors Upswinging doors, other: Unico garage doors Hardware: OMNIA
Interior finishes Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore paints Wall coverings: Knoll, MDC and Donghia coverings Solid surfacing: Walker Zanger (natural stone) Resilient flooring: Ecocem and Ecomax note: stone tiles installed by Declan O’Reilly Carpet: Flor (tiles), ABC, and Tufenkian Custom Steel Stairs: Michael Daniel Metzl of New Amsterdam Metalworks Custom Cast Concrete double-sink: Concreteworks Special interior finishes unique to this project: custom steel detailing by Gabrielle Shelton of Shelton Studios, Brooklyn.
Furnishings Kitchen Fittings and Fixtures: Dornbracht Kitchen Cabinets: Format Refrigerator: Subzero
Lighting Dimming System or other lighting controls: Crestron, design by Alexander Radunksy of Lightfield, Inc.
Conveyance HVAC: Unico Add any additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project: Stainless steel lap pool by Bradford Products |
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