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This luxurious loft style condominium building stands tall within an irregularly shaped lot, which stimulated trivial design issues earlier on in the project. The street façade of expresses the integration of several visually balanced masses, introducing a new experience into rapidly changing neighborhood. The brick plane incorporates large picture windows and two separate semi circular balconies projecting from the façade. The concrete volume that juts out from the façade is flooded by a wall of windows with the interruption of a balcony on the 4th level. The stucco balconies vary in their dimensions and are placed in accordance with the individual floor layouts. Elements of luxury living are carried thorugh to the interiors, with high ceilings, lavish finishes and fixtures.

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The future of FDB will be steered by projects such as this one: Modern buildings with top of the line features, which are sought after by buyers seeking relief from higher priced areas in the city. With this in mind, The North Star does not seek to detach itself from its surroundings, and considers future ones as well. The idea of contrasting the old and blighted with modern materials such as metal panels over a light stud wall and glass curtain wall was key in the façade design. Stucco serves as a sympathetic element that does not overwhelm its surroundings. With two apartments per floor and one apartment per floor on the top three floors, the ten story slender tower will enjoy amenities such as a gym and a bicycle room at the first floor. Concrete slab floors spin off a central structural core that houses the stairs and elevators, leaving the apartment layouts open and void of structure, and minimizing unused circulation space.

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Context plays an essential role in the concept of this project and is demonstrated by celebrating the advantageous corner condition without obstructing the scale of the surroundings. This 4-story building boasts 6 luxury one-bedroom apartments that comprise single, duplex and triplex units. Amenities include: bedroom balconies, second floor and rooftop terraces, floor-to-ceiling windows and extraordinary downtown views from every apartment. All open kitchens will include top of the line appliances, stone counter tops, and sandblasted glass cabinetry. The bathrooms will also enjoy a fine array of elegant accessories, first rate fixtures and operable windows. The first floor will also accommodate a community facility space and a steel and frosted glass band will run along the length of the building screening six private parking spaces, one for each apartment. This addition will definitely revitalize the neighborhood and create a stronger boundary between the residential and neighboring manufacturing areas.

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Due to an irregularly shaped triangular lot and an unusual array of surrounding conditions concerning adjacent buildings, the twenty-three unit, seven-story structure comfortably acquires the shape of the lot in order to appreciate the best and highest use. The front façade expresses the directional interchange of an explicit relationship between two well-defined volumes. Such distinction between the forms is reached through a variety of materials, colors, setbacks and vertical/horizontal defiance. The one and two-bedroom layouts enjoy private exterior areas such as balconies and/or terraces, top of the line bathroom and kitchen design, and large expanses of glass allowing vast quantities of sun light into the space. The building features a number of amenities new to the area such as accessory parking, an integrated, state of the art gymnasium with a double height ceiling, interrupted by a steel bridge that leads to the 400 plus square foot recreation room. By means of meticulous selection in materials and a conscientious analysis of scale, this condominium enjoys an innovative image yet stands respectful to the quiet residential character of the area.

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The coexistence of two extremes, private and public, is the foundation for the building's design, which is an expression of its location. Wedged between a quiet and underdeveloped street and a bustling cultural and culinary district, the building carries one very sober idea and morphs it into a dynamic thought by dividing the front wall into an expression of private and public. One half of the front wall hides bedrooms and reveals interiors only in small portions thorough discretely placed long windows formed in the stucco cement facade, while its counterpart reveals living rooms with dramatic floor to ceiling glass walls, inviting the environment inward.

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Situated just across from the Brooklyn Queens Connecting Highway, the intent of this 36,000 square foot residential development is to shelter its residents from the energies of such a high traffic zone, while providing a point of refuge within the green tranquility of the residents' courtyard. With its 28 rental units and medical office space, the $7 million development incorporates an effervescent pattern of window openings to animate the façade walls from both the interior and the exterior of the building. Additionally, to simplify the design and construction only four window sizes are specified in the front façade. The aim of such a tactic was to allow the residents to focus on the pattern of the interior wall plane rather than be distracted by the less than desirable exterior views afforded by the project's siting. The building contrasts the contextual rigor of its immediate neighbor and seeks to manifest the ongoing transformation of the outlying neighborhood. It's a vibrant but simple building for an exciting new neighborhood.

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The Gair family developed many of the adjacent properties and these buildings lend their aesthetic qualities to the new structure. And while some of the new developments ignore this richly diverse community by placing Manhattan-style buildings next to these neighboring icons, this new building blends old with new, allowing both to be recognized and appreciated for what they are. Exterior surfaces reveal the varied nature of the interior layouts by using glass window wall systems on the upper level units, most of which have double height ceilings. Turning the mass on a 45 degree angle to the street grid allowed for unique and varied vistas for many units. Triple glazing and acoustically super-insulated exterior walls mask the din of noise emanating from the adjacent Manhattan bridge roadway and transit lines. With commercial spaces at the 1st floor and parking in the cellar, the residential portion on the floors above responds to the New York City Quality Housing Program, mandated by the local residential district. Large units of 1000 square feet for a two bedroom apartment represent a trend that the buyers now demand. Modern amenities include deluxe five piece fixtures in the master bathroom, his and her walk in closets and state of the art kitchen appliances with European cabinetry.

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The lot lines are re-established to provide a logical yet intrinsic connection within the buildings. Therefore, the enlarged façade area around the buildings allows for each unit to acquire more windows experiencing more views. A combination of steel columns and concrete block walls set the basis for the vertical elements of the structure while a mixture of steel beams and concrete floor slabs provide the stability for each floor. Each apartment is designed to include double height living rooms and main bedroom. A tight core of kitchens and bathrooms serve these areas and convene all major mechanical and plumbing shafts to attain cluster-free living spaces while reducing the cost of the building significantly. The innovative curtain- window design will permit a large amount of natural light and accentuate the loft-like social area of each unit. Assorted materials such as brick, stone and stucco will furnish the building with an elegant yet innovative exterior which truly represents the units it boasts.

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Filling in the gaps of existing street wall requires restraint to avoid overpowering the neighborhood and should create a statement at the same time. For this particular structure, we attempted to do just that. Alignment of streetwall height and continuation of materials allow old and new to co-exist. The rear of the building provides a greater vertical scale than the front because the entire rear yard has been excavated down to the cellar level. The varying articulations on the façade help to signify the differing interiors. Living rooms have floor to ceiling windows, while bedrooms have glass sliding doors with balconies and high clerestory windows. The evolution of this building type continues, culminating in this loft style, 25 X 100 lot walk-up. In addition to the loft space, interiors are fitted with European style bath fixtures, wood and glass cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, glass vanities with rainfall fixtures and stone finishes.