The project’s brick façade stretches from lot line to lot line, its inflection reinforcing the continuous and nature of the brick facades typical to this Brooklyn residential block. A thinly drawn stainless steel trelliswork joins two building entries at the lowest level of the building, while separating building base from top. The building’s inflection at the third point, re-locates the virtual center of the building, while the measured and equal positioning of the oriel windows offer measure to this offset. Directed toward Atlantic Avenue and the southern exposure, the oriel windows punctuate the façade and recall the iconography of the brownstone bay window.
SMH+U provided a design that was unanimously endorsed by the Brooklyn Heights and New York City Landmarks Preservation Commissions. As a result, the project received considerable coverage in both the lay and professional press. Materials produced for Landmarks presentations were utilized in the advertising of the project by the real estate community. All units were sold before the completion of the building.