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Klocke Estate
Hudson, NY, United States
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Klocke Estate
Hudson, NY, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
THE FACTS
● Location: 2554 County Route 27. Hudson, New York
● Site: 182 acres
● Total Size of buildings: 12,400 sf
● Distillery: 9,300 sf
● Dining Terrace, Porch: 1,700 sf
● Utility Building: 1,400 sf
DESIGN TEAM
● Client: Klocke Estate, Founded by John Frishkopf
● Conceptual Plan: BarlisWedlick Architects
● Architecture: BarlisWedlick Architects
● Interior Design: Ken Fulk
● Landscape Architecture: Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
● Builder/Contractor: Baxter Building Corp
Photo Credit: Peter Aaron
About Klocke Estate
Klocke Estate is an earth-to-glass brandy distillery, farm and dining destination set on 182 acres of farmland in Claverack, New York, five miles from Hudson. A newly designed set of buildings becomes a destination for production and the visitor experience.
About the Architecture
The intentions were to design a destination Distillery befitting the stunning location, to attract visitors and establish the brand in the ultra-premium category of brandy and dining.
The Distillery houses production spaces which are visually connected with a restaurant, tasting room, private event spaces and covered porches. A full commercial kitchen and office spaces are also within this building. The intersection of production, visitor experience and work needs for the team is celebrated. The adjacent Utility building exists harmoniously with the site while not open to the public.
BarlisWedlick Architects’ design for Klocke Estate evokes a rural building that feels like it has always been there. The responsiveness to the site, the selection of materials and the scale ultimately connect to the place, the people who visit and the process of making. The conceptual plan for the overall destination seamlessly encourages a visitor experience of production, dining hospitality and immersion in the location.
As visitors approaches Klocke Estate at the top of a hill from a winding road the southern side of the Distillery, with the double-height window of the Dining Room, immediately signals a welcome as does the covered porch and double-height main entrance portico on the east side of the Distillery. The west-facing, and sunset-moment side of the Distillery, responds to the expansiveness of the site with numerous windows and double-height unobstructed views of the Catskill Mountain range. The northern portion of the Distillery is the production area.
The material building palette of exposed, cast-in-place, architectural concrete foundation and custom colored dark bronze corrugated metal siding is a dramatic effect rooted in simplicity.
Sustainability Features
BarlisWedlick Architects incorporated Passive House principles in the design, an approach for which they are widely-recognized having designed the first Passive House in New York state in 2010. As a set of design guidelines for buildings that aim to reduce energy use and improve indoor air quality, Passive House architectural decisions for Klocke Estate include utilizing strategic solar orientations, triple pane windows, optimized insulation, and simple, air-tight detailing.
The engineering teams also innovated by integrating the process equipment with the space conditioning to transfer the energy used in the distillation process. The heat from the stills is captured and used for radiant heating in the hospitality spaces and snow melt in the entryways. The Distillery’s complex mechanical systems are also finely tuned to ensure constant fresh air ventilation circulation while maintaining separation between the process and public spaces.
Other than electricity, all utilities are independent of public infrastructure including on-site water retention ponds for irrigation and fire safety.
● Location: 2554 County Route 27. Hudson, New York
● Site: 182 acres
● Total Size of buildings: 12,400 sf
● Distillery: 9,300 sf
● Dining Terrace, Porch: 1,700 sf
● Utility Building: 1,400 sf
DESIGN TEAM
● Client: Klocke Estate, Founded by John Frishkopf
● Conceptual Plan: BarlisWedlick Architects
● Architecture: BarlisWedlick Architects
● Interior Design: Ken Fulk
● Landscape Architecture: Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
● Builder/Contractor: Baxter Building Corp
Photo Credit: Peter Aaron
About Klocke Estate
Klocke Estate is an earth-to-glass brandy distillery, farm and dining destination set on 182 acres of farmland in Claverack, New York, five miles from Hudson. A newly designed set of buildings becomes a destination for production and the visitor experience.
About the Architecture
The intentions were to design a destination Distillery befitting the stunning location, to attract visitors and establish the brand in the ultra-premium category of brandy and dining.
The Distillery houses production spaces which are visually connected with a restaurant, tasting room, private event spaces and covered porches. A full commercial kitchen and office spaces are also within this building. The intersection of production, visitor experience and work needs for the team is celebrated. The adjacent Utility building exists harmoniously with the site while not open to the public.
BarlisWedlick Architects’ design for Klocke Estate evokes a rural building that feels like it has always been there. The responsiveness to the site, the selection of materials and the scale ultimately connect to the place, the people who visit and the process of making. The conceptual plan for the overall destination seamlessly encourages a visitor experience of production, dining hospitality and immersion in the location.
As visitors approaches Klocke Estate at the top of a hill from a winding road the southern side of the Distillery, with the double-height window of the Dining Room, immediately signals a welcome as does the covered porch and double-height main entrance portico on the east side of the Distillery. The west-facing, and sunset-moment side of the Distillery, responds to the expansiveness of the site with numerous windows and double-height unobstructed views of the Catskill Mountain range. The northern portion of the Distillery is the production area.
The material building palette of exposed, cast-in-place, architectural concrete foundation and custom colored dark bronze corrugated metal siding is a dramatic effect rooted in simplicity.
Sustainability Features
BarlisWedlick Architects incorporated Passive House principles in the design, an approach for which they are widely-recognized having designed the first Passive House in New York state in 2010. As a set of design guidelines for buildings that aim to reduce energy use and improve indoor air quality, Passive House architectural decisions for Klocke Estate include utilizing strategic solar orientations, triple pane windows, optimized insulation, and simple, air-tight detailing.
The engineering teams also innovated by integrating the process equipment with the space conditioning to transfer the energy used in the distillation process. The heat from the stills is captured and used for radiant heating in the hospitality spaces and snow melt in the entryways. The Distillery’s complex mechanical systems are also finely tuned to ensure constant fresh air ventilation circulation while maintaining separation between the process and public spaces.
Other than electricity, all utilities are independent of public infrastructure including on-site water retention ponds for irrigation and fire safety.
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