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12 foot wide house // Barker Associates Architecture Office

Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

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This project is a renovation and extension to a 12′ wide rowhouse in Brooklyn, New York. BFDO completely gutted the existing four story brick building and added a two story extension. Updates include opening up the parlor floor and creating a new wood and steel switchback stair along the exposed brick wall in the center of the structure.

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

The vestibule and sitting room at the front of the house preserve a few original details including flooring patterns and window shapes. In contrast, at the rear, an open, modern kitchen and dining room space is framed by a full wall of storefront glass that looks out onto a rear deck.

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

On the second floor we created a master suite including a study that opens onto a roof deck on top of the extension. The third floor is kids’ suite with a shared bath. The garden level houses a family room, large mudroom area, and an au pair’s suite. The backyard garden is framed on four sides by wood fencing that continues along the lower facade of the building..

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

© Francis Dzikowski

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