Atrium
Bowerbird has begun design on our boldest reconceptualization of townhouse living yet. The plan is to gut the existing, 2 story house, open up the rear walls and leave them in a form of “arrested decay,” and then build a new, 3 story addition onto the rear, in so doing, creating an atrium within.
Expected completion date, Winter 2024
In The Rye
This ground-up house in Copake, Columbia County, NY, is nestled into a sloping field of rye. Meant to be barely visible from the road, it appears modest in scale, and reveals itself as one approaches. The house is split into a sleeping wing and a living wing by a low-roofed entry. The bluestone path continues into the entry floor, and the exterior siding continues in along the walls and ceiling. Upon entering, the view West opens up to a pastoral vista.
Expected completion date 2023
Slot Canyon
This project in Kent, Connecticut, is composed of sandy-colored stucco and knotty pine. From the road, a square tower appears among the trees, the rest obscured by a hilltop. The driveway wraps around to a carport, buried partly in the hill. Then a stair heads uphill to a path leading to the roof. Below, an entry area divides the house into sleeping and living wings, creating a canyon between, which will be filled with reclaimed boulders found from demolition. Runoff will spill down into the canyon and off down the slope of the hill.
Expected completion date, 2024
For The Record
This large townhouse in Carroll Gardens was practically caving in when we got to it. Nearly everything, including half the floor joists needed replacement. So we had a chance to totally re-imagine the house, with floating floor levels, double-height spaces, and a two-story, rear glass facade. We are trying to reuse as much of the old structure in new ways, and even what we could save of the old plank floors.
Expected completion date, Winter 2023
Green House
This gut-renovation of a landmarked, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, house is one of our most ambitious townhouse projects to date. It will feature a 2-story rear addition, with a sloping, rear glass wall. Above it there will be a large terrace off the Primary bedroom suite, and the steel and glass windows will continue up to the roof. We hope for approval of a green steel and glass wall to complement plants inside and out.
Expected completion date, 2025
Top Of The Ridge
Our ground-up house in Hillsdale, Columbia County, NY, is high up on a mountain ridge. Tucked into the woods, with views over the Berkshire Mountains, the concept is a series of three shed-roofed boxes, in ascending order, with a sleeping, entry, and living wing. A low-slung entry façade inches up to an expansive view of the countryside, while the materiality and openness blends the house with the surroundings
Expected completion date, 2025
Double Dormer
This Fort Greene townhouse is almost at the point of collapse. We will keep the facade, but demolish most of the interior, adding a story and a full-height rear addition, going deep into the ground. A glass rear wall will brighten up the future double-duplex, and bright light deeper into the house.
Expected completion date, 2024
Double Barrel
This 2-story addition to a Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Brownstone was inspired by the arched entry door and a way to maximize ceiling height and avoid building a guardrail on the roof.
Expected completion date, Fall 2023
Crushed Brick
This multi-story condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is currently in design. The intention is to take crushed brick from the existing building and reincorporate it into the concrete facade panels and lobby floor
Expected completion date, 2025
Complementary Colors
This Brooklyn condo project is now in construction. Six, full floor units, some with mezzanines, and some duplexes, will be accessed by elevator, and all spaces have large exterior areas, in the rear yard, terraces, or on the roof. The challenge is to bridge the differences in brick from one neighbor to the other, without standing out too ostentatiously.
Expected completion date, 2024
Greek Revival
This duplex loft renovation is an a landmarked, West Village, Greek Revival church, from 1846. It’s a full-gut reimagining of how best to plan the space that looks onto a cloister of an exterior yard.
Expected completion date, Winter 2024
Over The Valley
This house will be perched atop a mountain in Columbia County, with a view sweeping across the Hudson Valley, of the Catskill Mountains. The concept is to hide the view of the mountains as you approach the house. Then, walking along the inner, curved corridor, you believe the view is inwards, at the open court. Only after you've ascended the corridor does the view open up along the breezeway, and then more so, from the living room.
Expected completion date, 2024
Round The Corner
This coincidental neighbor of “On The Record” is a full-gut with 1-story rear addition, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. There will be a large garden level rental with rear yard access and a huge terrace above for the owners
Expected completion date, Winter 2024
The Quarry
This existing 1970’s modern house, in Millerton, NY, sits above an abandoned iron quarry, turned pond. The aim of the project is to add onto the house for the family of authors, and their children, and build a small cabin for guests, and to write, immersed in nature.
Expected completion date, Winter 2023
The Piano
Among the challenges of this full-gut, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Craftsman-style home, was not just to removing the excessive walls on the parlor floor, to allow more light and movement, but to accommodate a baby grand piano. We completely redesigned the entire structure and siding of the house, restored the porch, added and replaced the windows, created a huge master suite and office in what was once the attic, and added a roof deck on the extension.
Complete and awaiting photography
Divided Light
This is a full-gut townhouse, plus 2-story rear addition and penthouse, in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. There will be numerous different ways of glazing, depending on the use of each room.
Expected completion date, 2025