Residential Projects

The Borrow Light Apartment NYC

Dark ground-level apartment turns into a bright and energized home by using light-colored materials and high output LED lighting. More importantly, we removed most of the walls and replaced them with translucent and clear glass, allowing for both natural light and artificial light to migrate between spaces.

The Borrowed Light Apartment NYC

The Loop Apartment NYC

The Existing layout and design go back to 1980. two apartment were joined together to create a new home for a young family. 
Design intent: 
Create an open and light spatial experience. Better flow of space across entire apartment - avoid a dead-end in space flow  Scope: Total gut renovation, new kitchen and bathrooms, new windows, new lighting, and new HVAC.

Smart Compact NYC Apartment | Multi-Functional

Total gut renovation of dark 1,000 sf. 
A dark second-floor rear-facing apartment, turning into:
An open and airy welcoming space. The balance between warm and cold finishes, ample illumination, and light wood floors. 
Achieving our client's request for their new home



The Wall Apartment - Brooklyn Heights

Total gut renovation and a pre-war apartment in Brooklyn Heights.  

Under Construction - Duplex Garden Apartment NYC

Dated  and dark duplex apartment , turned into a dynamic and bright home 
Upper level to include kitchen and dining space 
Lower level will house master bedroom and living space. 


Duplex Garden Apartment NYC

Country Escape 01

Transforming a Dark Catskills Property into a Bright, Airy Home on a Budget
Our city client asked us to turn a dark and dated property, recently purchased, in the Catskills into an open, airy, and comfortable home. It was critical to engage the outdoors, bring natural light, enhance the depth of space, and promote wellness and productivity. Our studio’s mandate was to achieve all these goals while keeping the construction budget to a minimum. 
The selection of building materials and lighting fixtures was focused on cost-effective, and long-lasting products while maintaining project objectives. Our approach to detailing was to keep it simple, and work with the GC to meet project design intent in a way that was easy to build on-site and achieve project goals. 


Country Escape 01 -

Edge House

Location: ​Over looking the Hudson River ​1930 home located on a narrow lot along the western edge of 
​Weehawken, NJ.
Exterior: Enhance connectivity to the outdoors while creating privacy utilizing form making, i.e. the private balcony off the second floor and the recessed lower level glass wall. These were the key ideas that guided our studio in the design of this project.
​Interior: Enhance connectivity between the interior spaces both vertically and horizontally by utilizing multiple floor openings. A sense of discovery and transition was developed from the street facade to the rear facade facing the NY skyline. This was achieved by increasing the level of openness as one progresses through the interior space and discovers the city scape.

White Minimal Open Kitchen looking into Living Area

Our design intent for this modern apartment gut renovation was to create not just an open floor plan, but a spatial experience rooted in a light. To achieve the balance of the industrial and minimalist aesthetic, we incorporated steel plate shelves and exposed the concrete structure. Vistas of the monochromatic color scheme are highlighted by accent trims to create planes of visual texture and light. Throughout the home, layered whites and minimalist forms beckon.

Modern Duplex Apartment Gut Renovation

The screen wall apartment

Existing Condition - The apartment is located on the 1st floor of a brownstone in the East Harlem area. Limited natural light and difficult access to the garden present a disconnect between the exterior and interior. 
Design Intent - create a master suite with immediate access to the garden, lower level, and increase natural light.  
A new door and three windows are proposed, along the garden wall, allowing for ample natural light, visual connectivity to the outdoors, and ease of access to the garden. 
The master bathroom was relocated and placed along the exterior way enjoying a garden view and natural light. 
Glass walls and wood screens are used to divide the spaces while allowing a  flow of air and space. In general, the intent is to allow a light and airy spatial experience with strong connectivity to the outdoors.

5-degree house

In design - modern addition to a traditional center colonial. 
The new structure is rotated 5 degrees allowing the landscape to surround the house. 
Careful attention is given to the quality of natural light as it changes across the day.  

Beyond Function Kitchen

THE ESSENCE – We believe that essential part of creating a usable friendly space small or large. Is the ability to move and use the space in a most natural way – space as a second nature.

Our attempt is to develop a fabric that will enrich the experience of the interior space, tie function and design elements together to create a sculptural/machine like object that will activated the space and define the nuances of space and time
10’x4’ double sided working island placed parallel to the house exterior wall, cooking activity benefits from new large glass door facing the outdoor, over head floating ceiling with recessed lighting spans across kitchen space to reach the dining table and support pendent lighting fixture.

Materials – Design makes use of LED lighting fixture through-out the project, veneered Apple-ply with exposed edges for the floating ceiling, porcelain floor tiles, galvanized steel plate shelves and IKEA cabinets with quartz surface counter top

Material, form and light come together as one cohesive language creating a narrative staring at the kitchen counter via the dining space to the outdoor deck.

Flexible Home - Small Home With Multiple Space Functions

Small, low budget house renovation.
IKEA cabinets
Custom stain of existing floors 
Large 8'-0" sliding doors ( not shown) to harvest natural light 

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