Clinton Hill Residence // Arnold Studio

Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States

Project Status: Built

Year: 2019

Size: 1000 sqft – 3000 sqft

Text description provided by the architects.

Located in a 19th century grand mansion in the historicneighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, the residence occupiestwo floors at the top of the building and within the roofline. Theproject involved a gut renovation that included major structuralinterventions to remove internal walls previously used toseparate traditional living spaces.The lower floor is now a single, open plan living area surroundedby discreetly incorporated service functions and storageelements.

White oak wood floors and exposed blackenedceiling joists counter one another to highlight the perimeterwall surfaces which contain both original historical casementdetails and distinctly modern cabinetry elements. A singlemonolithic black soapstone counter with integral sink is the solearchitectural element set within this boundary framework.On the upper floor, the two bedrooms and bathroom arereached via a staircase that has been rebuilt using the samewhite oak wood in a seamless continuation of the lower level.

Inthe bedrooms, the roofline geometry is embraced as the primaryarchitectural element in otherwise minimal open rooms withbuilt-in closets. The bathroom materials are handcrafted cementtiles, large format porcelain tiles which are used to form the bathshower area, and unlacquered brass fixtures that will patinatenaturally over time..