New York, New York, USA
Reflecting Delson or Sherman Architects’ focus on thoughtful planning, understated design, and meaningful client collaboration, the Manhattan Brown residence renovation is all about creating a harmonious and functional living space, paying attention to details like material selection and spatial flow.
This project has recently been awarded a 2024 Future House Award by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
From the 17 1/2’-long kitchen island to the 23’-tall breakfast room that anchors the new rear extension.
Bridging over that towering room is a new oak and steel catwalk and a matching open riser stair.
A Nanawall system allows the entire rear wall to open to the deck, while oversized floor tiles extend from inside to out for a seamless transition to the deck.
The centerpiece for all the rear views is a giant oak tree we preserved by carefully excavating around its roots.
Up in the tree’s canopy, the roof deck on the rear extension adds an extra outdoor perch.
In the primary bathroom, a freestanding tub glows under a slot skylight that washes daylight down a wall of Fornace Brioni tiles from Cle Tiles.
You can roll right into the open shower, which has no raised saddles.
The owners’ new quadruplex rises over a two-bedroom rental flat at grade.
To ease all this vertical living, the architects have inserted a new elevator and a laundry chute.
Project: Manhattan Brownstone
Architects: Delson or Sherman Architects
Design Team: Sina Erol
Structural Engineers: Angelos Georgopoulos, P.C.
General Contractor: TomChris Contracting Co.
Client: The Greenstein’s
Photographers: Jason Schmidt
