Acheson Doyle Partners Architects transformed an 1870s Brooklyn carriage house into an award-winning mass timber passive home featured in The New York Times.
The 150-year-old home in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood was purchased by a couple who wanted to create a healthy space in which to start a family. They hired ADP to help their vision of creating a mass timber home with Japan-inspired details come to life, which included the installation of a live tree in the middle of the house at the bottom of a bespoke, prefabricated Douglas Fir staircase.
The carriage house underwent an interior renovation that included a penthouse master bedroom addition overlooking a neighboring church. ADP helped the home achieve an effortless, minimal, “forest-bathing” aesthetic, bringing together the specialized, technical expertise necessary to solve extraordinary design problems.
Acheson Doyle Partners collaborated closely with the historic carriage house owners to transform their space into a passive house-certified architectural beauty, with Japan-inspired wooden detailing and a live tree installation in the middle of the home.